First description of milk flow traits in Tunisian dairy dromedary camels under an intensive farming system

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-182

  Atigui, Moufida ^a,b,c,d   Hammadi, Mohamed ^a   Barmat, Ahmed ^a   Farhat, Mohamed ^a   Khorchani, Touhami ^a   Marnet, Pierre Guy ^b,c,d  

^a Arid Land Institute   (Tunisia)

^b PEGASE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Camel; Machine milking; Milk flow traits

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; DAIRYING; DEVICES; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; LACTATION; MILK; MILK EJECTION; TUNISIA;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 84898840992     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029914000089     Document Type: Article

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