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1989 - 187 p.
p. 83-87

Digestive secretions in camels

Kay R.N.B., Maloiy G.M.O.

This paper briefly reviews what is known of the digestive secretions of camels in relation to nutrition and environment. Both old world camels, the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus) and new world camels, the llama (Lama glarna), guanaco (L. guanicoe), alpaca (L. pacos) and vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), are considered as much of the work on digestive physiology has been conducted on the latter group.

Mots-clés    

CAMELIDAE, DROMADAIRE, PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA NUTRITION, SECRETION

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Kay R.N.B., Maloiy G.M.O. Digestive secretions in camels. In : Tisserand J.-L. (ed.). Séminaire sur la digestion, la nutrition et l'alimentation du dromadaire. Zaragoza : CIHEAM, 1989. p. 83-87. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 2). Séminaire sur la Digestion, la Nutrition et l'Alimentation du Dromadaire, 1988/02/27-1988/03/01, Ouargla (Algeria). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a02/CI000431.pdf