Effect of improving management system on camel milk production

Bakheit Sallam Abdelfadeil, Faye Bernard, Intisar Ibrahim E.. 2015. Effect of improving management system on camel milk production. University of Kordofan Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, 2 (2) : 13-22.

Résumé : Twenty four lactating she-Camels of the Sudanese Kabbabish breed and were divided into two equal groups of 12 animals. The first group was managed in a semi intensive system by offering concentrates and roughage, free access to water and veterinary care. The other group was served as a control and managed traditionally within the experimental site. The milk sampling started at 10 days postpartum and continued for 12 successive months in biweekly intervals. The she-camels were hand milked twice a day, approximately 12-hours interval. To control suckling Sorar technique was used. Daily milk yield was determined using graded cylinders. The data were analyzed using SIGMA- STAT. computer software as described by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results indicated that the average daily milk yield for the two management systems were 6.85 ± 1.32 lit/day and 3.14 ± 0.66 lit/day for semi-intensive and traditional system, respectively with highly significant (P<0.001) differences. This differences could be attributed to the management system and to the times of lactation from post-partum (P<0.05). The increase in average daily milk yield amounted to 53% under semi-intensive system compared to those under traditional system. The maximum average daily milk yield 8.7 ± 0.94 lit/day and 4.30 ± 0.59 lit/day was recorded in the 3rd month post-partum in semi-intensive and traditional system, respectively. A sharp decrease in daily milk yield in the traditional system after reaching the peak was observed in contrast to the semi-intensive system with a good persistency or stability after reaching to the peak of production. The results indicated that the trend of daily milk yield seemed to increase significantly (P<0.05) from the first day post-partum till reaching the peak in the 3rd month and then declining gradually through the lactation period. The minimum average daily yield was 5.1 ± 0.76 and 2.32 ± 0.39 lit/day in semi-intensive and traditional system, respectively with a range of 3.7 lit/day and 10 lit/day in semi-intensive system and 1.8 lit/day under and 5.2 lit/day for lowest and highest milk production of the groups.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : chameau, production laitière, méthode d'élevage, élevage intensif, rendement laitier, lait de chamelle, données de production

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Soudan

Classification Agris : L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bakheit Sallam Abdelfadeil, University of Kordofan (SDN)
• Faye Bernard, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (FRA)
• Intisar Ibrahim E., University of Kordofan (SDN)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/583860/)

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