Phenotypic Diversity of Camel Ecotypes (Camelus dromedarius) in the South Region of Kerman Province of Iran

Subject Areas : Camel

J. Ehsaninia ¹ , B. Faye ² , N. Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh ³

1 - Department of Agriculture, Minab Higher Education Center, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2 - FAO/CIRAD-ES, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C/dir B 34398 Montpellier, France
3 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2019-01-08 Accepted : 2019-03-31 Published : 2020-12-01

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