Effect of changes in milking routine on milking related behaviour and milk removal in Tunisian dairy dromedary camels

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 494-503

  Atigui, Moufida ^a,b,c   Marnet, Pierre Guy ^b   Ayeb, Naziha ^a   Khorchani, Touhami ^a   Hammadi, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b PEGASE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

camels; Machine milking; milking routine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CAMEL; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME; TUNISIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; LACTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84911438810     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002202991400051X     Document Type: Article

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