Abstract
The article presents the results of a study on the live weight of Kazakh Bactrian and Turkmen Dromedary camel breeds at the ages of 3 days, 6, 18, and 42 months, raised at the "Daulet-Beket" LLP farm in the Ile district of the Almaty region. The study analyzes the live weight indicators of camel offspring based on age and sex, describes their weight gain patterns, and determines their compliance with the standard requirements for camel breeds raised in Kazakhstan. It was established that the primary growth process of the live weight of Kazakh Bactrian and Turkmen Dromedary camel calves reaches its peak intensity during the period up to six months of age. Subsequently, further weight gain is shaped by changes in body conformation, physiological adaptation to the natural environment, and other biological characteristics inherent to the species. In the south-eastern region of Kazakhstan, the birth weight of one-day-old Kazakh Bactrian calves was 39.7 kg for females and 42.1 kg for males, while for Turkmen Dromedary calves, the weights were 37.5 kg and 44.7 kg, respectively. By six months of age, the live weight of Turkmen Dromedary calves reached 187.7 kg for females and 202.2 kg for males, whereas for Kazakh Bactrian calves, the weights were 184.5 kg and 192.6 kg, respectively. While the difference in live weight persisted among eighteen-month-old young camels, no significant differences were observed in camel offspring aged thirty and forty-two months.
01 Introduction
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