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My Cavalier's mount is a Camel.
Cavalier mounts use the same statistics as Druid companions.
As written in the Druid Companions section of the Core Rulebook, a camel companion's Spit attack says nothing about saving throws, DCs, or use limitations - merely that spitting is a ranged touch attack as a standard action that sickens the victim for 1d4 rounds if hit.
The Camel as described in the Bestiary, on the other hand, stipulates a 1/hour use limit and a Constitution-based DC 13 Fortitude save to negate.
As I am led to understand however, Druid/Cavalier companions are, mechanically speaking, NOT THE SAME as the animals in the Bestiary - they function as the stats in the Core Rulebook say they do.
Verdict?
To answer your question, Animal Companions are very different from their counter parts for the most part.
Just take a look at the Dinosaurs in the Beastiary. For example a T-rex Companion is fundementally different from a real T-rex. A T-rex companion loses it's swallow whole & racial bonus to perception(guess it's not a T-rex anymore?); and yet it retains powerful bite.
It's ultimately a balance thing, and all you have to care about is the listed stands for an animal companion. I know I had to lol.
And perhaps the DC is what BBtroll listed, but I see no mentions of it in the preface to companions so... It may just be a ranged touch attack that sickens people. And that's okay, since the range sucks and AC BAB never gets superb.