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Abstract The consumption of. camel’s meat was greatly increased in Egypt during the last few years, this may be attributed to the insisting demand for animal. protein sources. Tuberculosis is widely spread in many animal species, but in camel is still a. poorly studied subject in Egypt, illspite of the intensive research regarding the disease ill cattle. There are few data, revealing low incidence of tuberculosis in camels in Egypt. Tuberculin test which is tile universal test for diagnosis of tuberculosis in humans and bo ines was tried several times in camels in Egypt by many authors who used purified protein derivative (PPD) in both single and single comparative intradermal cervical test. ’Infection with mycobacterium tuberculosiscontmues to be a major c-ause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, resulting in 3 million deaths and overS million new cases of tuberculosis each year ._Ioom and Mul’~Y (1992). Brucellosis has proved to be one of the most important diseases in camels due tn, the high eoonomic losses beside the public health importance that make it the most important occupational. disease of veterin~ and persons who contact or consume contaminated products. |