The camel, a dairy animal for the third millennium?

Faye Bernard, Konuspayeva Gaukhar. 2016. The camel, a dairy animal for the third millennium?. In : International workshop on camel dairy technologies. Book of abstracts and speakers profile. Haramaya University. Dire Dawa : Haramaya University, Résumé, 11-12. International Workshop on Camel Dairy Technologies, Dire Dawa, Éthiopie, 7 Juillet 2016/8 Juillet 2016.

Résumé : The camel is, among the ten dairy species domesticated by human for providing milk, the only one very well adapted to arid lands. The use of camel as dairy animals is probably very ancient and concomitant with the former use as riding animal for war or trade purpose Milking camels are represented in petroglyphs for several centuries. Y et, camel milk was only recently available on market. Previously for home consumption, the introduction of camel milk in local, national and now international market has changed drastically its importance in the local economy. The dairy potential of camel is not well-known in spite of many scientific papers. Most of the published papers relative to camel dairy yield come from observations achieved in experimental stations, and more rarely from pastoral zones. Elsewhere, the measurement's procedures are rarely mentioned or set up in a standard manner and can change among authors. Recently, the use of mille recorder linked to milking machine has improved the reliability of the data. Globally the milk productivity is highly variable (800 to 7000 1/year) indicating a good potential if a selection process is engaged. However, the physiology of lactation in came) being different than in cow, specific parameters have to be implemented for machine milking as well as for stimulation process of the lactating females, especially because the cisternal part of the milk in camel is 5-10% only (compared to 50% in dairy cow and 80% in goat). The lactation curve of came) is comparable to that of cow with a better persistence after a Jess marked lactation peak. If the gross composition of camel milk is comparable to cow milk, its fine composition and the proven (or not) health effect are sufficiently specific for proposing a final product more original and more relevant for the new urbanized consumers. The growing keen interest for camel milk in desert countries, but also in Western countries is both an opportunity for the development of the came) sector and a challenge for the came) scientists. (Texte intégral)

Classification Agris : L01 - Elevage - Considérations générales
E16 - Economie de la production

Auteurs et affiliations

• Faye Bernard, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (FRA)
• Konuspayeva Gaukhar, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZ)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/581176/)

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