Seasonal and physiological variation of gross composition of camel milk in Saudi Arabia

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 618-624

  Musaad, Abdelgadir M ^a   Faye, Bernard ^a,b   Al Mutairi, Sallal E ^a  

^a Camel and Range Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Camel milk; Milk components; Milk yield; Physiological stage; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880314809     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i8.16095     Document Type: Article

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