Non-genetic factors influencing reproductive traits and calving weight in Saudi camels

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1087-1092

  Almutairi, Sallal E ^a   Boujenane, Ismaïl ^b   Musaad, Abdelgader ^a   Awad Acharari, Falah ^a  

^a Camel and Range Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; Calving interval; Camels; Environmental effect; Gestation length; Weight at calving

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CAMEL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; STATISTICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CAMELS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS;

CAMELIDAE;

EID: 77954455314     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9529-y     Document Type: Article

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