Effects of production system, breed, parity and stage of lactation on milk composition of dromedary camels in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Aljumaah, Riyadh S ^a,b   Almutairi, Faris F ^a   Ismail, Elsayed ^a   Alshaikh, Mohammad A ^a   Sami, Ahmad ^a   Ayadi, Moez ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breed; Camel milk; Lactation; Management system; Parity; Saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856634506     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2012.141-147     Document Type: Article

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