Estimating of some productive traits of Sudanese Arabi camel (Darfur ecotype)‎ reared under intensive management system

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of some important productive traits of Darfur ecotype Arabic Camel (Camelus dromedarius) prevailing at Tumbool Camel Research Centre (TCRC), which situated western the Butana Area (east/central Sudan).

Methodology applied was by using data taken from records of TCRC's herd (eight she-camels, two bull-Camels as herd founders and their viable progenies) during five years' course (2007-2011) managed under an inclining-to-moderate intensive closed system depending majorly on feeding sugar-cane byproducts (molasses & bagasse) and urea salt as concentrates, and agricultural residues as roughage allowances.

The mean live body weight of the mature she-male is 578.40±64.19 kg.

The birth weight of male and female camel calves estimates are: 41.20±5.82 and 40.23±5.82 kg, with sex ratio 0.59:0.41, respectively.

The mean body weight gain of the male kids computed to the ages between one and twenty four months are successively 1.25±0.37 - 0.49±0.02 kg, and the equivalence for the female kids is: 1.16±0.23 - 0.45±0.04 kg.

The mean daily (6.22±1.47 Kg), monthly (186.78±46.55 Kg) and lactation (1716.93±66.80 Kg) milk yield showing concomitancy by parity.

The mean lactation length is 276.00±95.48 days.

The above results suggest that this ecotype is characterized as massive-weighted and moderate as milk yielder under the specified production system