Camel spongiform encephalopathy (CSE), commonly known as mad camel disease, is similar to mad cow disease. It was discovered by the Algerian veterinarian Baaissa Babelhadj, Lecturer-researcher Semir Bechir Suheil GAOUAR (University of Tlemcen) and a colleague in Ouargla, in collaboration with Italian researchers. [1]

Italian and Algerian researchers released new evidence of prion disease in three dromedary camels found in an Algerian slaughterhouse, according to a new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Apr 26, 2018 · Researchers don’t know much yet, but camels are crucial to millions of people. A newly identified form of prion disease may have been quietly spreading in the brains of African camels for...

Apr 20, 2018 · Prions caused bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals, also known as ‘mad cow disease’, which then entered the human food chain, when people ate the meat of the infected cattle. The...

May 9, 2018 · "Mad camel disease" in Ouargla, Algeria. A newly identified form of prion disease. No description has been added to this video. Video made by Dr veterinarian Baaissa Babelhadj in a...

We detected a prion disease in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria. Symptoms suggesting prion disease occurred in 3.1% of dromedaries brought for slaughter to Ouargla abattoir in 2015–2016.

Apr 19, 2018 · A prion disease similar to that which causes “mad cow disease” in cattle has been discovered in camels, raising fears that it could be passed to humans.

Jul 24, 2024 · what with cwd being transmitted to pigs, cwd now being documented in S Korea, Norway, and now Finland, along with Canada and the USA, where it is rampant, but now we have mad camel disease, and this is big, because of the outbreak size, can't be a spontaneous event. this is very interesting and...

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Apr 20, 2018 · • An infection similar to “mad cow disease” has been discovered in camels, raising fears it could pass to humans. A study published by an internatio­nal team of food safety scientists and veterinari­ans confirmed the fatal degenerati­ve disease in Algeria and called for action to safeguard animal and human health.