1. The effect of management system on camel calves growth rate and daily gain
- Author
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Bakheit, Sallam Abdelfadeil, Faye, Bernard, Ibrahim, I.E., and Idris, A.O.
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L02 - Alimentation animale ,Gain de poids ,Conduite d'élevage ,L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales ,Chameau ,Méthode d'élevage ,Système d'élevage ,Taux de croissance ,Technique d'élevage ,L52 - Physiologie animale - Croissance et développement - Abstract
The effect of Management system on growth rate and daily gain in one humped Sudanese camels calves were investigated, twenty four (24) camel calves (12 males and 12 females) at the first day of birth were selected, from the Sudanese Arabi Kababish bred. Camels' calves with their dams were maintained under semi-intensive and Traditional management system for 18 successive months. Calves in semi-intensive system in addition of their suckling of their respective dams they take supplementation diets (one kg of concentrate/head/day), ad libtium watering, health care and spraying weekly against ticks and external parasite. The live body weight of camel calves were obtained through direct weighing in 6 months interval, through four periods including birthday, 6 month, 12 months and 18 months. The results indicated that there was non-significant difference(P>0.05) in Birth weight of calves raised under semi-intensive and traditional system. In both systems the male (39 ± 0.31kg) is significantly (P
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- 2017