A total oj 569 camel carca.sses u..'€re examined at Al-Ahsa a.baU.nir far the presence of traumatfc inJurieS. 136 carcasses had ilywies in the thigh muscles (77.9%). I1.l.ITlp 09.9%]. hump (5. 196}, ttwracic muscles (2,9%) andjlank reglon. (2.296). Most oj the ir!Ju.ries were In t.h£ form oj contustcms (8196) but necrosis and suppuration. were also observed in the rump and thigh.. In three ca.ses. jlSwlation. ts.'a5 occurred (n subiumbar muscles. Htstologically, contused muscles sho/.J.Jed

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... . Wld 1schaemtc necrosis as~ sociated. with severe !"u:u?morrhages. Necrotic muscles showed hya1l.ne degeneration and Zenker's necrosis associated wUh mUd lriflammat01'!J cell reactum. SuppuratiJ.H! myosttis charo.cter/.zed by tnwked jibroplasias was seen in the seuerely qJJect.ed muscles. Surface swabs takenJrom the tmumatized parts and the corresportdlng I.UU1jJect· ed parts were cultured Jor aerobic and. arw..erobtc bacteria. 'The isolated nmmal mIcro-.flora Identified as : EnteroOOcter agglornerans, Enterobader sakazaktl. serratia odorlfera. SerraLll1. ma.rcescens, Aeromonas hydrvphUa. Mtcrocoocus species and Lru> tobo..cUlus species, 11te bacterial popuia.tiDn. .. were esttmated by higher rounts on the ityured. surJaces as compared to their unaffected surjO.ces. Some pa1.hogenic bacterin. andfl.J1lfli were recoveredjrom the surjace of traumatized parts Wld I.dentffl,ed as Sal· monelfa Arizona. Staphyl.ococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonae, Pasteurella h.aernoiyt{· ta. Streptococcus jec«lfs, Corynebactertum pseudotuberculosis. Candida alblcans and C1spergfilusjlavus, The bacteria! counts did not exceed 10 CPTl/crn2._ but the leueis en' cuwrtered may constitute a potential source oj meat spol1a.ge. The pathogentc bacteria andjungi isolated may have a public health significance. Wilson G. W, (2005) : Wllson_s practical meat lospcrUon. 7 th Ed. Blackwell Publishing.