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Table 3 Mean (± SD) sale price (Ksh) of different classes of camels in pastoral and peri-urban systems

From: Assessment of camel and camel milk marketing practices in an emerging peri-urban production system in Isiolo County, Kenya

Camel class

Production system

Mean difference

t test (p value)

Pastoral

Peri-urban

Heifers

17,070 ± 10,864

11,200 ± 5,575

5,870

0.282 NS

Steers (≤4 years)

11,138 ± 7,838

10,800 ± 3,082

338

0.835 NS

Breeding females

16,738 ± 10,322

13,900 ± 3,814

2,838

0.407 NS

Breeding males

20,152 ± 8,148

12,800 ± 4,532

7,352

0.044*

  1. KSh. 69 = US$1 at the time of the study (2007). *p < 0.05; NS = p > 0.05.