DEPENDENCY OF SOME REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCES IN MAGARABI FEMALE CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS)

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Data obtained on the reproductive performances of 99 Magarabi female camels, during the period from 1991 to 1995, were analysed to estimate the conception rate, interval between services, number of service/conception, periods of gestation, from calving to the first postpartum heat and the open
days as well as the calving interval. Dependency of these performances on effects of the breeding season, parity number, age at calving, month of calving, calf sex and weight was assessed. The present results did not find any significant effect for all these factors except on the gestation period which decreased significantly (P<0.05) at the third parity (371.25 +2.43 days) and in December (371.70 + 2.60 days) when compared to others.

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