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Table 4 Estimates of reproductive performance of camels in different areas of Ethiopia

From: Camel production systems in Ethiopia: a review of literature with notes on MERS-CoV risk factors

Parameter

Estimates

Location

Source

Age at first mating (male), years

6.2

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

6.5

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

5.5

Afder, Somali

Ahmed Shek et al. 2005a, b

Age at first mating (female), years

4.7

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

4.4

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

3.9

Afder, Somali

Ahmed Shek et al. 2005a, b

3.97

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013a

Age at first calving, years

5.0 to 5.4

Afder, Somali

Ahmed Shek et al. 2005a, b

4.95

 

Tadesse et al. 2015a, b

6

Somali

Bekele and Kibebew 2002

5.18

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013a

5.36

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013a

5

East Africa

Schwartz and Walsh 1992

4.87

Somali, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

5.25

Rendille, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

5.7

Gabra, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

Lifespan (male), years

22

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

23

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

Lifespan (female), years

29.8

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

29

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

Productive life (male), years

9.3

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

9.7

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

7 to 10

 

Tadesse et al. 2014b

Productive life (female), years

23.1

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

22.4

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

18.49

 

Tadesse et al. 2014b

17.5

Babile/Gursum

Sisay et al. 2015

Number of calves in a lifetime

11.6

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

11.7

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

8

 

Bekele and Kibebew 2002

9.17

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013a

Calving rate, %

54.6

Jijiga, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

42.5

Shinille, Somali

Tezera and Belay 2002

42.72

Erer valley, East Hararghe

Mekuriaw and Tafesse 2000

40.5

Somali

Bekele and Kibebew 2002

39.6

Borana, Oromia

Megersa et al. 2008

Calving interval, months

23 to 24

Somali

Ahmed Shek et al. 2005a, b

19.1

Jijiga/Shinille, Somali

Bekele and Kibebew 2002

23.28

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013b

24.25

Babile/Gursum

Sisay et al. 2015

31.2

Afar

Keskes et al. 2013a

25.5

Borana, Oromia

Megersa et al. 2008

17.73

Borana, Oromia

Dejene 2015

28.4

Somali, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

27.3

Rendille, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

28.0

Gabra, North Kenya

Kaufmann 2005

Number of services per conception

1.73

 

Tadesse et al. 2015a, b

1.84

Afar

Keskes et al. 2013b

1.63

Somali

Keskes et al. 2013a

1.36

Erer valley, East Hararghe

Mekuriaw and Tafesse 2000

Mortality

7.4

Borana, Oromia

Megersa et al. 2008

15.8 (total)

Afar

Keskes et al. 2013

12.3 (calf)

Afar

Keskes et al. 2013

20.42

Erer valley, East Hararghe

Mekuriaw and Tafesse 2000