CAMEL RESEARCH ARTICLES ABSTRACTS

Abstract

The information on camel research so far done in Ethiopia is very scanty and fragmented. Camel research was done in the field of production, nutrition, health, and little on socioeconomics aspects. However, camel research findings were not widely accessed and/or understood by many people. Consequently, a huge gap between the researchers and academicians, and the livestock keepers and their service providers existed. This collection of camel research abstracts is prepared to assist researchers, university students, research institutes, and policymakers to have background information on published or documented camel research works on nutrition, production, socioeconomics, and camel diseases in Ethiopia. Camel research abstracts are collected from Haramaya, Jigjiga and Samara Universities, SoRPARI, APARI, EIAR, and ILRI. The purpose of this book is to collect and compile the camel research conducted in the country and to get more lessons from it. This is an attempt to show the number of camel research conducted in different disciplines for the last three decades, which can help to get detailed information about the current camel research status in Ethiopia. The information provided in this document is therefore meant to contribute towards a better understanding of the basic camel technology/information and availing interventions. Thus, it can serve as an up-to-date camel research reference material for a wide range of actors engaged in teaching and research. It might also help to all researchers not to repeat the research conducted previously and to focus only on new research areas that are not addressed. In order to narrow, the information gaps it is highly crucial to collect all camel research conducted in different research institutions and universities. Thus, 142 research abstracts collected on camel production (27), camel dairy science (42), camel breeding (7), camel feeding, and nutrition (8), and camel health (58) are collected from Haramaya, Jigjiga and Samara Universities, EIAR and ILRI. This directory is prepared to assist researchers, students, and policymakers to have background information on published and/or documented research works on a camel in Ethiopia.