Table 5.
Other products used in the treatment of camels in Sahrawi veterinary
| Product | Preparation | Administration route | Indications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitumen | Mixed | Topical | Mange |
| Butter (camel/goat milk) | Topical | Chest wounds, Dermatomycosis | |
| Camel blood | Mixed with sugar | Eye drop | Eyes inflammation |
| Larvar | |||
| Camel fat (hump) | Mixed | Topical | Chest wounds Dermatomycosis |
| Camel placenta | Oral | Calf diarrhoea (preventive treatment) | |
| Duda syndrome | |||
| Camel skin | Coat is removed, skin is cut in small pieces and dried, then pit cooked in sandy soils | Topical | Gengivitis |
| Camel urine | Collected and plastered with the soil | Topical | Shmel (mastitis) |
| Chameleon skin (Chamaeleo spp.) | Dry | Topical | Udder infections |
| Mastitis | |||
| Camphor | Topical | Mange | |
| Donkey bones (Equus asinus L.) | Burnt, grinded and dissolved in water | Oral | Buguashish |
| Donkey faeces (Equus asinus L.) | Grinded and dissolved in water | Oral | Diarrhoea |
| Exhaust engine oil | Coat is cut | Topical | Mange |
| Tick infestations | |||
| Fermented milk (camel/goat) | Topical | Skin conditions | |
| Food crust | Collected from the bottom of the pot after cooking and then grinded | Topical | Wounds |
| Hematite/Red ochre [Iron(III) oxide Fe2O3] | Grinded and dissolved in water or oil | Topical | Hematomas |
| Headstroke | |||
| Broken ribs | |||
| Abscesses | |||
| Hyena feces and/or blood (Hyaena hyaena L.) | Oral | Aulisis | |
| Insecticide spray | Topical | Ticks | |
| Fleas | |||
| Milk cream (camel/goat milk) | Coat is cut | Topical | Mange |
| Dermatomycosis | |||
| Eye drop | Skin necrosis (shdan) | ||
| Eye inflammation | |||
| Larvar | |||
| Rock salt | Grinded and heated in fat | Topical | Camelpox |
| Grinded and dissolved in water | Wounds | ||
| Dietary supplement | |||
| Soap | Dissolved in water and oil, the floating fat is then collected | Topical | Mange |
| Fleas | |||
| Spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastix acanthinura Bell.) | Roasted on the fire and cut in pieces, then dissolved in water | Oral | Kidney infections |
| Abscesses | |||
| Aulisis | |||
| Weight and appetite loss | |||
| Roasted, triturated and dissolved in oil | Oral | Duda syndrome | |
| Dried skin | Topical | Mastitis | |
| Sugar | Dissolved in water | Inhalation | Diarrhoea |
| Buguashish | |||
| Sulphur stone | Grinded and dissolved in hump fat, then left resting for a week | Topical | Mange |
| Tobacco | Heated in oil | Inhalation | Flies infestations |
| Boiled or macerated in water | Dipping | Fleas | |
| Macerated in water | Oral | Duda syndrome | |
| Eye drops | |||
| Vegetal oil | Heated | Topical | Dermatomycosis |