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Table 4 Mean (± SD) purchase 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

22,308 ± 16,616

13,022 ± 3,294

9,286

0.013*

Steers (≤4 years)

9,375 ± 2,428

10,000a

625

0.833 NS

Breeding females

15,000 ± 1,000

14,000 ± 6,164

1,000

0.797 NS

  1. KSh. 69 = US$1 at the time of the study (2007). aOnly three males were purchased in the peri-urban system for the same price. *p < 0.05; NS = p > 0.05.