Twenty-Five one humped camels (7-9 years old) suffering from mange at Souhag Province were conducted to investigate the clinical signs, some biochemical variations of blood serum associated with the disease status.
The clinical signs revealed various degrees of alopecia, itching, thick ening and corregation of the skin on various areas of the animal body.
Biochemical analysis of blood serum revealed highly significant (P/ 0.01) decrease in both total protein and albumin levels and significant decrease (P/ 0.05) in levels of sodium, chloride and glu cose in diseased animals if compared with the control camels; Mean while the variations in calcium, phosphorus, potassium and creatinine levels were not significantly affected.