Effect of diet supplementation on growth and reproduction in camels under arid range conditions;Effet de la supplémentation alimentaire surla croissance et la reproduction des dromadaires en conditions arides

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-72

  Hammadi, Mohamed ^a   Khorchani, Touhami ^a   Khaldi, Gley ^b   Majdoub, Abdessalem ^b   Abdouli, Hédi ^c   Slimane, Naceur ^d   Portetelle, Daniel ^e   Renaville, Robert ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^d Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^e Laboratoire d Écologie Universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Birth weight; Dromedaries; Growth; Perinatal period; Reproduction; Supplementary feeding; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 33745931890     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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