Comparative milking performance of three types of saudi camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Journal of Camel Practice and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Gaili, E S E ^a   Al Eknah, M M ^a   Sadek, M H ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camels; Lactation; Milk composition; Milk yield; Types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359898     PISSN: 09716777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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