Seasonal variation in blood constituents of one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1250-1256

  Amin, Alia S A ^a   Abdoun, Khalid A ^b,c   Abdelatif, Abdalla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NYALA   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood constituents; Camel; Dry and green season

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 34247163233     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1250.1256     Document Type: Article

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