Prion Disease in Dromedary Camels, Algeria
Baaissa Babelhadj, Michele Angelo Di Bari, Laura Pirisinu, Barbara Chiappini, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar, Geraldina Riccardi, Stefano Marcon, Umberto Agrimi, Romolo Nonno, and Gabriele Vaccari
Author affiliations: Ecole Normale Superieure Ouargla Laboratoire de Protection des Écosystèmes en Zones Arides et Semi Arides University Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria (B. Babelhadj); Istituto Superiore di Sanità Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Rome, Italy (M.A. Di Bari, L. Pirisinu, B. Chiappini, G. Riccardi, S. Marcon, U. Agrimi, R. Nonno, G. Vaccari); Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Biochimie de la Nutrition University Abou Bekr Bélkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria (S.B.S. Gaouar)
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Video 1. Dromedary camel found in the desert with difficulty getting up. At the abattoir, the animal showed aggressiveness (kicking). It became nervous when forced to cross an obstacle and showed the down and upwards movements of the head and teeth grinding. (
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