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As well as grazing on grass, feral camels browse on vegetation as high as 3.5 metres abovethe ground. They eat most plant material, including fresh grasses and shrubs, preferringroughage to pasture that has introduced grasses or has been fertilised. Camels appearto eat half to ¾ that of cattle in terms of dry matter as a percentage of body weight. Theexpected dry matter intake for a 450kg camel is ~7.5kg of dry matter per day (Manefieldand Tinson 2000). It is difficult to estimate a camel’s daily intake of fresh vegetation in kg asthis depends on the moisture and nutrient content of the feed.Camels have a high need for salt and they eat salty plants, even thorny, bitter or toxicspecies that are avoided by other herbivores.Camels eat most plant material, andthey need a lot of salt in their diet.32Camels eat from plants up to 3.5 metres above the ground.Camels eat salty, thorny, bitter andpoisonous plants that other animals avoid.Camels browse high and low, eat most plant material, and need a lot of salt.
At times when forage is green and moist, feral camels gainall the water they need from their food and do not requiredrinking water. If water is available in summer, camels willdrink regularly, usually at dawn. In extreme drought theyneed access to waterholes.Contrary to legend, the hump is mostly fat, a store of energyrather than water.Camels don’t need to drink water if they can eat enough plantmaterial that is green and has lots of water in it, such as parakeelya.33Feral camels can survive without drinking water if they can eat enough green, succulent feed.
Page 1 and 2: Best PracticeCamel BookAn illustrat
Page 3: Warning:This book contains images o
Page 6 and 7: ForewordPrefaceThis book is unique.
Page 9 and 10: Introduction9A
Page 11 and 12: There are best practice ways to do
Page 13 and 14: Camel Handling HazardsThe one-humpe
Page 15 and 16: Crushing and chargingCamels are lar
Page 17 and 18: Spraying cudCamels digest food simi
Page 19 and 20: Body condition and camel hump score
Page 21 and 22: Identifying cow camels in late preg
Page 23 and 24: Model code of practicefor the human
Page 25 and 26: This model code of practice gives a
Page 27 and 28: Definitions and TermsPest animal -
Page 29 and 30: • Identify as best you can, the p
Page 31: Feral camels wander widely accordin
Page 35 and 36: SummerLegendMaleadultsubadultcalfbu
Page 37 and 38: Camels can damage water tanks and w
Page 39 and 40: Camels can damage the homes of othe
Page 41 and 42: In addition, camels could also pote
Page 43 and 44: Many Aboriginal people believe that
Page 45 and 46: Developing a management planThis in
Page 47 and 48: Feral Camel Control TechniquesHuman
Page 49 and 50: MusteringMustering will expose fera
Page 51 and 52: Table 1: Humaneness, Efficacy, Cost
Page 53 and 54: Standard Operating ProceduresFurthe

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