Desertification Combat And Food Safety: The Added Value Of Camel Producers

Title page......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Plenary Sessions......Page 11
Camel and Desert: New Trends of the Camel Sciences......Page 13
Desertification in the Central Asian Countries......Page 23
Camels of the Arvana Breed: History, Modern State and Perspectives for the Development......Page 28
The Camel and Society......Page 33
Desertification, Selection, Breeding and Diseases of Camels......Page 41
Camel - History of Its Domestication......Page 43
Participatory Approaches to Using the Camel in Combating Desertification......Page 45
The Current Status of the Wild Bactrian Camel......Page 53
Environmental Education and Public Awareness: Valuable Tools in Combating Desertification......Page 56
Desertification and Camel-Breeding in Kalmykia (Russian Federation)......Page 59
Realization of the National Action Program to Combat Desertification in Turkmenistan......Page 65
Diseases of Camels, Their Preventive Maintenance and Treatment......Page 70
The Most Important Infectious Diseases in Camelids......Page 77
Fungal Infection of Camelids......Page 80
Role and Method of Advising for Producers in Natural Hardship Conditions......Page 95
Factors Affecting Reproductive Performance of Camels at the Herd and Individual Level......Page 107
Assisted Reproduction in Dromedary Camels......Page 125
Camel Genetic Resources and Ways of Camel Breeding Products Use for Population of Kazakstan Arid Areas......Page 131
Camel Keeping and Productiveness......Page 135
Productivity Potential of Camels......Page 137
Body Lipids and Adaptation of Camel to Food and Water Shortage: New Data on Adipocyte Size and Plasma Leptin......Page 145
Standards for Camel Milk......Page 156
Modern Dairy Products from Traditional Camel Herding: An Experience in Mauritania......Page 162
Lactoferrin of Camel Milk of Kazakhstan......Page 168
Artificial Nursing of Camel Calves: An Effective Technique for Calves Safeguard and Improving Herd Productivity......Page 178
Camel Dairy in Eastern Africa: Present State and Future Perspectives......Page 183
Influence of Feeding on Camel Milk Components......Page 191
Probiotic Properties of a Sour-Milk Product: Shubat from the Camel Milk......Page 197
The Effectiveness of the People Treatment with Camel Chal......Page 202
Development of Products for Child Nutrition and for Medical and Prevention Purposes on the Base of Camel Milk......Page 204
Camel Milk Production and Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 210
Pasture Ration of Arvana Camels in Desert Pastures......Page 219
Meat Productivity of the Camel Arvana Breed and Ways to Increase It......Page 221
The Milk Productivity of the Camel Arvana Breed and Its Use......Page 225
Wool Productivity and Quality of Fleece in the Camel Arvana Breed......Page 231
Final Recommendations......Page 234
Author Index......Page 235