Effects of vacuum level and pulsation rate on milk ejection and milk flow traits in Tunisian dairy camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 201-206

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c PEGASE   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Camels; Machine milking; Pulsation rate; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEL; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; TUNISIA; UDDER; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMELS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; TUNISIA; VACUUM;

EID: 84922084750     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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