Investigation & Control of Camel Diseases and Folk Anomalies in North & South Punjab of Pakistan-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Introduction In Pakistan, camels are mainly kept by the inhabitants of deserts, mountainous regions, irrigated plains, and nomadic pastoralists in subsistence production systems of the arid and semi-arid regions Iqbal, et al. [ 1 ], Jasra & Isani [ 2 ], Khan, et al. [ 3 ], Ahmad, et al. [ 4 ], Samara, et al. [ 5 ], Pasha et al. [ 6 ]. There are about 0.328 million households linked one way or the other with camel production in Pakistan Anonymous [ 7 ]. Camel can survive and reproduce under a management system with low inputs, harsh environmental conditions and difficult landscapes in arid and semi-arid regions where survival of other animals is usually at risk Schwartz [ 8 ]. In addition to being a pack and draft animal, the camel is a good source of milk, meat and hides for the residents of the extreme desert areas. The camel milk is sold in small quantities and is also given away or sh...