It is mainly transmitted to humans via dromedary camels and brings a range of clinical outcomes from asymptomatic to severe. Its 40% mortality rate is higher than that caused by severe acute ...

MERS-CoV is endemic in dromedary camels — possibly the virus’s only intermediate animal host, although scientists believe that bats may be putative reservoirs. Saudi Arabia’s research into ...

The ancient camel question is: One hump or two? Arabian camels, also known as dromedaries, have only one hump, but they employ it to great effect. The hump stores up to 80 pounds of fat ...

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For at least 4,000 years, two species, the dromedary and Bactrian, have been humankind’s beast of burden in Arabia and Central Asia respectively. Nicknamed “the ship of the desert”, camels ...

Chance discoveries while traveling give another dimension to what’s been planned and researched. So often it’s the unexpected ...

Following the death of 18-year-old camel Izzy, Washington small farm owner Mickey Richards didn't think he wanted another ...

Thirty-four acres of dromedary camel bliss east of Ramona await your visit. On open farm tour days (check site for scheduled days) visitors can pet, photograph, and ride the camels. Rain or shine ...