Some qualitative aspects of the milk of the dromedary suggest that the ability to produce milk of high nutritive value for offspring or for human beings during long periods of drought is important when evaluating the role of this animal in arid areas (Yagil & Etzion, 1980, J Dairy Res, 47, 159-66). The regulation of mineral composition of camel's milk is unknown. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), although playing a major role in the regulation of plasma calcium (Ca) and inorganic phosphorus (Pi) plasma concentrations, does not seem essential for lactation-associated
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