|
Camel class
|
Production system
|
N(camels)
|
Sales (%)
|
Purchases (%)
|
|---|
|
Heifers
|
Pastoral
|
301
|
5.3
|
12.3
|
|
Peri-urban
|
382
|
2.1
|
27.5
|
|
Total
|
683
|
3.5
|
20.8
|
|
χ 2 value
| |
5.153*
|
23.602**
|
|
Steers (≤4 years)
|
Pastoral
|
186
|
25.8
|
2.7
|
|
Peri-urban
|
204
|
62.8
|
0.7
|
|
Total
|
390
|
45.1
|
1.8
|
|
χ 2 value
| |
53.610**
|
1.610 NS
|
|
Breeding females
|
Pastoral
|
1,143
|
2.6
|
0.3
|
|
Peri-urban
|
1,217
|
1.5
|
0.5
|
|
Total
|
2,360
|
2.0
|
0.4
|
|
χ 2 value
| |
3.882*
|
0.825 NS
|
|
Breeding males
|
Pastoral
|
156
|
29.5
|
1.9
|
|
Peri-urban
|
82
|
17.1
|
0.0
|
|
Total
|
238
|
25.2
|
1.3
|
|
χ 2 value
| |
4.393*
|
1.597 NS
|
- * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.0001; NS = p > 0.05.
