1. EFFECT OF AGE AND LACTATION SEASON ON MILK YIELD AND VITAMIN C CONTENT IN FEMALE IRAQI CAMELS CAMELUS DROMEDARIES.
- Author
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AL-Jassim, Amad F., AL-Taha, Taha J., Kasim, Waleed Y., and Mohsien, Basiem S.
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LACTATION , *VITAMIN C , *MILK yield , *CAMELS - Abstract
This study was conducted from February to June 2005 on 58 femal camel's, distribute between Basrah and Misaan provenances to estimation the effect of dam age and the season of lactation and vitamin C content . Fameless were distributed according to their ages into 4 groups (6-8, 9-11, 12-15, 16-18) yaers and (1-13) lactation season . Daily and monthly milk yield were calculated to investigate the effect of age and lactation season on milk yield and vitamin C content . Results showed a significant increase (P<0.05) in both daily and monthly milk yield, and amount of vitamin C in milk at ages (6-8, 9-11) years.A significant increase (P<0.05) in daily and monthly milk yield at second , 5th, and 6th lactation seasons was noticed . The study also revealed that a highly significant values (P<0.01) of vitamin C content were obtained at 5th ,6th , and 7th lactation season . Correlation cofficients between daily / monthly milk yield and amount of vitamin C content were highly significant . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007