Milk composition of dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius): Nutritional effects and correlation to corresponding blood parameters

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2724-2727

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NYALA   (Sudan)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Camel; Milk; Nutrition; Season

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 34547218884     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2724.2727     Document Type: Article

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