Milk Yield and Composition of Red Sokoto and Weast African Dwarf Does Raised Intensively in a Hot Humid Environment

Subject Areas : Camel

F.O. Ahamefule ¹ , O. Odilinye ² , E.N. Nwachukwu ³

1 - College of Animal Science and Animal Production, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Abia State, Nigeria
2 - College of Animal Science and Animal Production, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Abia State, Nigeria
3 - College of Animal Science and Animal Production, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Abia State, Nigeria

Received: 2011-04-27 Accepted : 2011-07-15 Published : 2012-06-01

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