Camels Clinical examination Blood Film PCR No. % No. % No. % Asymptomatic 256 77.34 98 38.3 232 90.63 Clinical 23 6.95 23 100.0 23 100.0 Sub-clinical 52 15.70 47 90.38 52 100.0 Total 331 168 50.75a 307 92.75b

Table 2:Detection of blood parasites in camels by microscopy and PCR based assay based on repetitive nucleotide sequences.