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A quarterly journal for camel owners Australian and international camel news Australian professional camel racing - results and comment Technological developments in camelid research Camel husbandry, health and management

Associations and Clubs

• CACIA - Camels Australia Export - Central Australian Camel Industry Assoc'n
• American Camel Club Association & Registry, Ltd
• American Camel registry
• The Wild Camel Protection Foundation
• British Camelids - UK Association for owners of camelids

Bits and pieces

• Afghan Camelmen in Australia  - Australia
• Art, camels in - Dorothy Meister - camel artist
• UN FAO information  - on anything. Also here. Search for anything (use single word searches)
• Bactrian - The Two Humped Camel - UN FAO information article
• Belly Dance links - Australia and international
• Books - see also separate section below
• Books - Sammy the Elephant and Mr. Camel - to help stop kids bedwetting
• Books - Crossing the Dead Heart (1937) Cecil Madigan  (review)
• Camel crossing desert puzzle - a mathematics problem
• Camel travel tips - an accurate little guide to camel trekking in general (cache)
• Camel's hump, the secrets within - OK but a bit simplistic
• Camel/Llama cross - January 20, 1998 - news article
• Camel/Llama cross - Rama, the Cama - (news article)
• Drawing a camel - drawbooks.com - Art School Online
• Enthusiasts - Blue Camel Home
• Films - Carry On..Follow that Camel
• Gifts - Amazing Camels - selection of camel related gifts and goods
• Gifts - model camel figures
• Gifts - Jewelry - Charm-Pendant Camel
• Grave of camel of Napoleon Bonaparte - interesting but small site
• Military - Australian military usage of camels - good raw data here
• Military - Australian Camel Units - diggerhistory.info
• Military - Imperial Camel Corps - list of books related to:
• Military - US Camel Corps in Arizona
• Military - US Army Camel Corps and (here)
• Military - W.H. Echol's 1860 and the US Camel Corps - includes diary reference
• Military - U.S. Camels in Texas
• Museum - Benicia Camel Barn Museum (California, USA)
• Origami model of camel(1) - folded paper camel (page 8)
• Pacing and Walking of Camels - a photographic analysis
• Photos - Corbis - has about 700 photographs of camels for viewing and sale
• Photos - Kamel and Kamelito home page - large collection of camel pics etc
• Puzzle - camel race enigma
• Translate foreign language web pages - translation via Alta Vista
• Weed control using camels in Australia
• Wrestling bactrians - Turkey - good descriptive (no photos)
• Wrestling bactrians - Turkey, via Ataman Hotel - short descriptive

Books (husbandry, academic and veterinary)

• Camels - A Compendium (2nd edition) - Dr G W Manefield and Dr A H Tinson
• Introducing the Camel by Peter Grill - an excellent manual for only $10.00!
• A field manual of camel diseases - Ilse Köhler-Rollefson et. al.
• Camelid reproductive physiology book
• Arita Baaijens - camel travels in Sudan and Egypt - Arita Baaijens
• Australian Model Codes of Practice for the Welfare of Camels - SCARM Report No. 61. (view as PDF file 104kb) (download as zip file, PDF format, 60KB) (also here at CSIRO website)
• Analysis of pastoral camel husbandry in north Kenya - Brigitte Kaufmann 1998
• Camels and Camelids - Journal of Camel Practice and Research (Indian)
• Llama Web technical camelid publications list - specialist camelid books
• The Rural Book Store - Camelids (USA) - some good titles
• WXICOF (USA) - specialist camelid books

Camel racing

Camel fairs and markets

• Pushkar - pictures of Pushkar camel fair - x8 excellent photos
• The camel markets of Daraw - on the Nile, Egypt
• Agadez camel market in Niger - passing reference only
• Omurman camel market - Sudan (this link not functional, 1 Feb 2004)
• Indian Fairs and Festivals - India
• Goulimime camel market - Morocco

Country links

• Australia - see below
• China - Bactrian usage in China (cultural usage of the bactrian in, brief)
• Eritrea - The Camel in Eritrea - an all-purpose animal
• India - National Research Centre on Camel (Bikaner)
• Iran - An Introduction to Various Breeds of Camel in Iran
• Mongolia - Photos of Mongolian Bactrians - Patrick Krohn
• Morocco - Aayach Agriculture Cooperative (in French, established 2003)
• Somalia - The Camel of Somalia
• Sudan - The Rashaida camel & mechanised sorghum production - incl: sudan camel breeds
• United Arab Emirates - UAE University
• Turkmenistan - Breeds of Livestock - Dromedary Camels

Australia

• Camels Australia Export - Australian association for camel sales and export
• Development of a sustainable camel industry - (2000) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australia. (cache) 399kb pdf.
• Assessing the potential for a commercial camel industry in Western Australia - (2000) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Summary) (cache) 314kb pdf.
• Co-grazing cattle and camels - Australia - (2001) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Summary) (cache) 557kb pdf.
• Requirements for movement of camelids into Western Australia - WA Govt.
• Marketing analysis and plan for the camel industry - (2000) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (cache) 566kb pdf.
• Most Australian camels are descended from these breeds - Indian Camel Breeds - ICAR.org

Experiences

• go to www.austcamel.com.au/tour_sa2.htm#exp

Food and beverages

• Fermented camel milk (Shubat) - (Kazakhstan)
• Camel milk nutrition - better than cows (Newspaper article Gulf News 2002)
• Territory Jerky - (NT, Australia) dried camel meat manufacturers
• The Australian Camel Company - (Dysfunctional defunct 1 Feb 2004)
• Processing camel's milk into cheese - FAO UN
• Camels and camel milk - (FAO, R Yagil c1981 - dysfunctional, see cache), (cache).

General information links

• AllCamels.com - All about dromedary & bactrian Camels - excellent links site
• Arab.net -- A-Z of the Arabian camel - general info
• Australian camel industry developments (RIRDC) - search for <camel>
• Butterflies museum of camels and dromedaries - Ohio, USA
• Camel pictures and facts - general info
• Camels and Camelids - excellent technical publications from India
• Camelus dromedarius University of Michigan database
• Camel Lore - an information web-site on camels (American)
• Camelides - excellent camel information site (French)
• Dromedarius - Japanese camel enthusiast, light info site
• CAMELID mailing list - information on a very active camelid discussion group
• CAMELL - Alexandra Hughes Bannister's e-zine (dysfunctional Nov 2002)
• CamelNet - Camel research links (Switzerland) (dysfunctional Feb 2004)
• Camel Expeditioning (RGS Handbook - 113kb pdf) - useful tips and information for camel expeditioning - (cache)
• Fossil record - Hagerman Fossil Beds. Camelops sp. skull found 1994 (USA)
• Fossils of Rancho La Brea - the extinct Western Camel
• Gittaohan Nomadic Camel Caravan - 20 years spent on the Silk Road
  
• The International Camel Centre - Israel
• Feral - The Australian feral camel - Agriculture Western Australia
• Meet the Camel - a wordy but entertaining look at the dromedary camel
• Photos - photo gallery and links site - camelphotos.com - another great camel admirer's site
• Police use of camels in South Australia - story of camel patrols in the 1950s
• Silhouettes of the Desert - David Curl (68m video, Australia's wild camels)
• Trade and Environment Database - good overview, conservation related
• U.A.E. I'm the first camel on the Internet - good general info
• via United Nations FAO database - world's camel populations and usages
• via United Nation FAO document repository - search for <camel>
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - search for <camel>

Husbandry, training and handling

• Annual CAMEL TRAINING forum and workshop with Philip Gee - Australia
• Double R Ranch - Camel Training School and Workshop - CA USA
• The camel handling workshop of Kimberley Camel Safaris - Australia
• Riding camels: tips for the selection of (FICRA) - (cache)
• Riding camels: breaking in (FICRA) - (cache)
• Breaking in Draft Camels (382kb pdf document) KENDAT (Kenya) - (cache)
• The Camel Trainer at camelphotos.com
• Instructional Video - The Phil Gee Camel Handling and Training Method (63 mins) - English

Indian Fairs and Festivals (ref: http://india-tourism.com/fairsfestivals.0.html)

• Pushkar Camel Fair - Information and travel tips for visitors

Other journals and publications (some with no www presence as yet)

Journal of Camel Practice and Research

Camel Publishing House 67,
Gandhi Nagar West
near Lalgarh Palace
Bikaner - 334 001
India

Fax: 0091-151-204100
Ph: 0091-151-200955
Email: tkedjcpr@datainfosys.net
Web: http://www.camelsandcamelids.com/

Camel Newsletter

The Arab Center for the studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
PO Box 2440
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic

Fax: 963-11-5323063
Ph: 963-11-5323039
Email: ruacsad@rusys.EG.net
Web: via http://www.acsad.org

Camel Caravan

Rt. 1 Box 3648B
Sidney, MT 59270
USA

Ph/Fax: 406-798-3405
Email: ygr@mcn.net

Pastoralism

• Camels Australia Export - Australian association for camel sales and export
• The Australian Camel Company - commercial camel producers (Dysfunctional 1 Feb 2004)
• lIse Köhler-Rollefson on Traditional Pastoralists - important essay
• League for Pastoral Peoples - support for traditional pastoralism (mainly India)
• Nomadic livestock operations in northern Saudi Arabia - analysis
• CCMI - Camel hair & cashmere wool fact sheet
• Camel herders in the south western areas of Pakistan - book
• Rural livestock production - Pakistan
• Making better use of Australia's feral camels (1997) Agriculture WA (cache)
• Chemistry and Technology of Camel Milk  - Zurich Inst. of Food Science
• Analysis of pastoral camel husbandry in northern Kenya, and here - book
• Development of a sustainable camel industry - (2000) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australia. (cache) 399kb pdf.
• Assessing the potential for a commercial camel industry in Western Australia - (2000) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Summary) (cache) 314kb pdf.
• Co-grazing cattle and camels - Australia - (2001) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Summary) (cache) 557kb pdf.

Research and Conferences

• Camel researchers worldwide, all disciplines (UAE university)
• Llama Camelid Research Program - Ohio State University (USA)
• National Research Centre on Camel (Bikaner, India)
• UAE University - camel research and info (many links and contacts)
• Co-grazing cattle and camels - Australia - (2001) Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Summary) (cache) 557kb pdf.

Veterinary etc

• Ethnovetweb - ethnoveterinary medicine - traditional animal care & practices
• Eyelid (human) reconstruction after camel bite - minimal interest
• Myasis - Nasal Bot infestation can be serious! - from the Somali Veterinarians
• Camel Lore - this site may provide useful links
• Llama, Alpaca and Camel Health - large list of camelid veterinary papers and list of American vets with camelid experience (cache)
• Castration of Camelids, when, where, why? - David Anderson DVM
• Johne's Disease - frequently asked questions - CSIRO (Australian govt.)
• Contagious abscesses in camels - veterinary info on skin abscesses in camels
• Nature Vet - camel care - (Australia) veterinary products for camels
• Vetserv USA - veterinarians supply for camels
• Sarcoptic mange in camels  - a treatment with Diazinon®
• Animal Health in Australia - a good starting point to find information (govt.)
• Disease information query  - can be useful (Australian govt.)
• Camel dermatophilosis in Kenya - dermatitis in camels