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Table 1 Clinical signs of duda as reported by Sahrawi pastoralists during the field interviews

From: ‘Everybody knows’, but the rest of the world: the case of a caterpillar-borne reproductive loss syndrome in dromedary camels observed by Sahrawi pastoralists of Western Sahara

 

Clinical signs

Number of reports (%)

Pregnant camels

Abortion

44 (100)

 

Uterine prolapse

7 (16)

Calves

Weakness

27 (84.4)

 

Red eyes

26 (81)

 

Falling hair

26 (81)

 

Astasis and incoordination

21 (65.6)

 

Joint effusions

12 (37.5)

 

Swelling of lymph nodes

8 (25)

 

Diarrhoea

7 (22)

  1. N = 44 for abortions, and N = 32 for calf symptoms (twelve informants listed only abortions and uterine prolapse without reference to the duda syndrome in calves).