ARC Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AJAVS) Volume 3, Issue 1, 2017, PP 8-12 ISSN 2455-2518 (Online) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2455-2518.0301002 www.arcjournals.org ©ARC Page | 8 Management of Bilateral Mandibular Fractures Using Intraoral Unilateral Application of Bone Plates in the Dromedary Camel Gamal Karrouf 1,2*, Awad Rizk 2 , El-Sayed El-Shafaey 2,3 , Khaled Abouelnasr 2 , Mohamed Abou-Alsaud 4 , Mohamed Gomaa 5 , Ali Kandeel 6 and Elie Barbour 7 1 Faculty of Science, Medical Physics Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. 2 Department Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. 3 Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, PO Box 6622, Qassim, Saudi Arabia. 4 Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 5 5 Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. 6 Dept.of biology, Fac. of Science and Arts, Jeddah University, Alkamil branch, Saudi Arabia. 7 Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Adjunct Professor at the Biochemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abstract: A clinical study to evaluate unilateral application of 10 holes dynamic compression plates (DCPs) for the treatment of bilateral fracture of the mandible insingle-humped camels. Six cases of typical mandibular fractures in the dromedary camel were treated by unilateral application of 3.5 mm 10- holes DCP. Restrained of camels was performed with deep sedation using xylazine hydrochloride and ketamine hydrochloride. The main cause of mandibular fractures in the recorded cases was the biting. The result was quite encouraging and all the animals had an uneventful healing. No loosening of the fixation screws were noted in any case and all the fractures healed at variable time intervals ranging from 2.5 to 3 months period. We concluded that bilateral mandibular fracture in dromedary camels could be successfully repaired by unilateral bone plate with good outcome without additional fixation devices. At the present time, to our knowledge, this investigation could be considered the first report on the use unilateral intraoral DCP in clinical bilateral mandibular fractured cases of camels. Keywords: Mandibular fractures, camel, intraoral, unilateral bone plate 1. INTRODUCTION Mandibular fractures are common among camels in Saudi Arabia due to fighting with other male camels during rut season. The presence of mental canal and alveoli of tusks makes this area more weak and susceptible to fractures (1-3). Different surgical techniques for repairs have been used for the fixation of mandibular fracture with variable results such as transfixion pins along with plaster of Paris bandaging(1,3);wiring between incisors and 1st premolars(2);bone plating(4); plaster of Paris bandage and a wooden plate as a splint (5); interdental wiring (6) and interdental wiring or application of a Ushaped aluminum bar (7-9). Methods of internal fixation and fracture repair in small animals are a commonplace, but these methods still have some drawbacks in the large animals. Different means of external and internal fixation of fractures have been described in llamas (10) ;llamas and small ruminants(11);camelids (12); alpacas (13).A comprehensive discussion on complications and restrictions after fracture repair in alpacas has been documented (14).