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Überblick über die Kamelzucht im Sudan, der zur führenden Nation in bezug auf Kamelzüchtung wurde; Darstellung der Beziehung zwischen Nomade und Kamel und Bedeutung des Kamels für die Wirtschaft des Landes

Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family's history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and an ethnobotanical exploration of spices and their uses, Nabhan describes the critically important roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stages for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes-the Silk Road, and the Frankincense Trail.

In April 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria. Following PCR and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for Theileria/Babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infections being found. Both sequence and BLAST analyses identified Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Theileria/Babesia spp. positive cases as Anaplasma platys and Theileria ovis, respectively. This is the first report of the detection of A. platys and T. ovis in camels from sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiological relevance of this finding is enhanced by the close living of these animals with both dogs and small ruminants. The high prevalence detected for A. platys suggests a possible role of camels as carriers of this infection. ; The UK Department for International Development (DFID) under the umbrella of the 'Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness (SOS) Programme', the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) under the 'Combating Infectious Diseases in Live-stock for International Development' (CIDLID) scheme, and the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 221948, Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses (ICONZ). ; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/vetpar ; hb2017 ; Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Hardly any of us knows about the sad and appalling story of the camels in Egypt. Once being esteemed in the Bedouin culture as "the Bedouin's constant companion" the role of the camels in the Arab world has turned over the centuries. Nowadays they are mainly used for sports and leisure or as 'farm' animals bred and kept for milk and meat production. Egypt is one of the most important countries importing live camels. Every year hundreds of thousands of camels are imported as 'slaughter' animals particularly from Somalia and Sudan to provide the internal Egyptian market with camel meat. These transports by road, foot or sea are extremely long and exhausting for the camels, and some of them do not survive the exertions. At the markets they are faced with very rough and brutal handling methods. However, the alarming and wide-spread animal welfare problems generated from the unbearable transport and handling conditions which the camels must endure on transports, markets and in slaughterhouses in Egypt are not discussed up to the present day. Egypt is lacking any animal welfare legislation. Even though being member of the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE), Egypt does not comply with the OIE standards on animal welfare in which also the camels are included. Therefore, it is high time to put an end to the extreme suffering of the camels and grant them the protection status they deserve. ; Casi ninguno de nosotros/as conoce la triste y espantosa historia de los camellos en Egipto. Una vez considerados por la cultura beduina como "el compañero constante de los beduinos", el papel de los camellos en el mundo árabe ha cambiado a lo largo de los siglos. Hoy en día se utilizan principalmente para deportes y ocio o como animales "de granja" criados y mantenidos para la producción de leche y carne. Egipto es uno de los principales países importadores de camellos vivos. Cada año, cientos de miles de camellos son importados como camellos de "matanza" especialmente desde Somalia y Sudán para abastecer con carne de camello el mercado interno de Egipto. Estos transportes por carretera, caminando o por mar son extremadamente largos y extenuantes para los camellos, y algunos de ellos no sobreviven a los esfuerzos. En los mercados se enfrentan a métodos duros y brutales de manejo. Sin embargo, los alarmantes y generalizados problemas de bienestar animal generados por las insoportables condiciones de transporte y manejo que los camellos deben soportar en transportes, mercados y mataderos en Egipto no se han discutido hasta el día de hoy. Egipto carece de legislación sobre bienestar animal. A pesar de ser miembro de la Organización Mundial de Sanidad Animal (OIE), Egipto no cumple con las normas de la OIE sobre bienestar animal en las que también se incluyen los camellos. Por lo tanto, es hora de poner fin al sufrimiento extremo de los camellos y otorgarles el estado de protección que merecen.