A test of production and transformation of dromedary milk in Tunisia

Abstract

In Northern Tunisia, five she-camels, each one fed with 4 kg of wheat bran and ad libitum oat straw, have produced an average of 1,860 l of milk over a period of lactation of 305 days, ranging from 915 to 3,355 l. Various types of cheese were manufactured from this milk with a content of 108 g of dry matter and 28 g of fat matter per litre. Dry and wet yields of 11.7 p. 100 and 4.9 p. 100 respectively have been obtained with a fat recovery rate of 64 p. 100. These results are compared with those obtained from cow’s milk.