Table 1. Primers for amplification of target genes for detection of disease-causing camel pathogens.

Primers sequences were sent to inqaba biotec™ (Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa) for synthesis.

Primer name	5’to 3’ sequence	Target organism	Target gene	Product size (bp)	References for primers
IS1111F IS1111F	GTA ATA TCC TTG GGC GTT GAC G ATC TAC GCA TTT CAC CGC TAC AC	C. burnetii	Coxiella 16S rRNA	242	( Doosti et al., 2014)
AnaplasmaJV F AnaplasmaJV R	CGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTC CGRCGTTGCAACCTATTGTAGTC	Anaplasma spp.	Anaplasma 16S rRNA	300	( Mwamuye et al., 2017)
EhrlichiaJV F EhrlichiaJV R	GCAACCCTCATCCTTAGTTACCA TGTTACGACTTCACCCTAGTCAC	Ehrlichia spp.	Ehrlichia 16S rRNA	300	( Mwamuye et al., 2017)
EHR16SD 1492R	GGTACCYACAGAAGAAGTCC GGTTACCTTGTTACGACTT	Ehrlichia & Anaplasma spp.	16S rRNA	1000	( Parola et al., 2000; Reysenbach et al., 1992)
RLB F RLB R	GAGGTAGTGACAAGAAATAACAATA TCTTCGATCCCCTAACTTTC	Theileria & Babesia spp.	Theileria & Babesia 18S rRNA	450
CMLVC18LF CMLVC18LR	GCGTTAACGCGACGTCGTG GATCGGAGATATCATACTTTACTTTAG	Camel pox virus	C18L gene	243	( Balamurugan et al., 2009)
B. arbutus F B. melitensis F Brucella IS711T R	GCGCTCAGGCTGCCGACGCAA GCGGCTTTTCTATCACGGTATTC GGGTAAAGCGTCGCCAGAAG	Brucella spp	IS711		( Probert et al., 2004)
ITS1_CF ITS1_BR	CCGGAAGTTCACCGATATTG TTGCTGCGTTCTTCAAC- GAA	Trypanosoma spp.	ITS1	250-720	( Njiru et al., 2005)
ILO 7957F ILO 8091R	GCCACCACGGCGAAAGAC TAATCAGTGTGGTGTGC	T. evansi	RoTat 1.2	488	( Urakawa et al., 2001)