Lactation curves of dairy camels in an intensive system

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1039-1046

  Musaad, Abdelgadir ^a   Faye, Bernard ^a,b   Nikhela, Abdelmoneim Abu ^c  

^a Camel and Range Research Centre ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Calving season; Camel; Lactation curve; Milk yield; Parity

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CAMELS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84875483349     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0331-x     Document Type: Article

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