Body measurements are used regularly to describe phenotypes or the weight of animals. However, little data describe the age effect on the different measurements. In the present paper, 477 Bactrian camels (7–180 months old) were measured (length of the head, length and circumference of the neck, height at the withers, girth circumference, length of the front leg, and length of the body), and their growth was modeled by comparing different equations, the most convenient being the beta growth equation. In addition, the differences in body measurements of adult Bactrian camels between farms were tested by variance analysis, and multivariate analyses were used for identifying homogeneous clusters of camels according to their body measurements. The sampled animals were from different regions of the country. The significant relationships between cluster and region support the idea of racial differentiation. Body condition scoring is widely used in farm animals as an indicator of their feeding, health, and welfare status. If a body condition score is available for dromedaries, there is no specific grid for the Bactrian camel. Starting from typical examples taken from photos in different conditions, including extreme ones, a representation of a scoring system of 6 points from very emaciated (score 0) to overweight Bactrian camel (score 5) was proposed in the form of drawings from the right side, back, and three-quarter rear. To complete the drawings, a descriptive grid was built as a base for training stakeholders in relation to Bactrian camel farm management. However, the seasonal change in the fleece abundance, the variability of the humps’ shape, and the presence of crossbreeding with dromedary camels require adapting the scoring accordingly.

The problem of medicine residues as Albendazole and Ivermectin in milk is a current question in food safety. No data being available for camel, the present study aimed to assess the risk of antiparasitic residues in camel milk after injection at curative dose. For the experiment, 10 camels shared in two groups where used for Albendazole and Ivermectin respectively and milk samples were taken every day the first 4 days, then approximately every 2 weeks for 6 months. In addition, blood samples were taken in Ivermectin group. The samples were analysed by HPLC. One average for Albendazole, the maximum concentration appeared on day 2 (52 ± 65.2 µg/mL) and day 48 (50 ± 63.1 µg/mL). and after 210 days, the residues remained at around 11 µg/mL. The kinetic in blood showed a slight shift with that of milk during the first days of the experiment, but there was no significant difference between them. For Ivermectin, one peak only appeared at date 101 (0,96 ± 1,19 µg/mL) and after 172 days, the mean concentration was still 0.12 µg/mL. The persistence of the residues long time after injection lead to consider that specific guidelines should be proposed for camel.

Body measurements were used regularly to describe phenotypes or the weight of the animal. However, few data described the age effect on the different measurements. In the present paper, 477 Bactrian camels (7-180 months old) were measured, and their growth was modelized by using Beta-Growth equation. The body condition scoring is widely used in farm animals as indicator of their feeding, health and welfare status. If the body condition score was available for dromedary, there was no specific grid for Bactrian camel. Starting from typical examples taken from photos in different condi-tions, including extreme ones, a representation of a scoring in 6 points from very ema-ciated (score 0) to overweighed Bactrian camel (score 5) was proposed in the form of drawings from right side, back and three-quarter rear. To complete the drawings a descriptive grid was built as a base for training stakeholders in relation to Bactrian camel farm management. However, the seasonal change in the fleece abundance, the variability of the humps’ shape, and the presence of crossbreed with dromedary camel require to adapt the scoring accordingly.

The problem of Albendazole and Ivermectin medicine residues in milk is a current question in food safety. With no data being available, the present study aimed to assess the risk of antiparasitic residues in camel milk after injection at curative dose. For the experiment, 10 camels were allocated to two groups, treated with Albendazole and Ivermectin, respectively; milk samples were taken every day for the first 4 days, then approximately every 2 weeks for 6 months. In addition, blood samples were taken for the Albendazole group. The samples were analysed by HPLC. On average, for Albendazole, the maximum concentration appeared on day 2 (52 ± 65.2 µg/mL) and day 48 (50 ± 63.1 µg/mL). After 210 days, the residues remained at around 11 µg/mL (MRL = 0.1 µg/mL). The kinetic assessment in the blood samples showed a slight shift in relation to that of milk during the first days of the experiment, but there was no significant difference between them. For Ivermectin, only one peak appeared on day 101 (0,96 ± 1,19 µg/mL), and after 172 days, the mean concentration was still 0.12 µg/mL (MRL = 0.01 µg/mL). The persistence of the residues for a long time after injection leads us to consider that specific guidelines should be proposed for ensuring the safety of camel milk.