Dromedary camel's welfare: literature from 1980 to 2023 with a text mining and topic analysis approach.

ABSTRACT: Dromedary camels are the preferable livestock species in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Most of the world's camel populations are managed under a subsistence/extensive system maintained by migratory pastoralists but intensification is getting more frequent. Even though recently the welfare of camels has been receiving more attention, in many countries there are no regulations to protect their health and welfare. The objectives of this article were to explore the main research topics related to camel welfare, their distribution over time and to highlight research gaps. A literature search was performed to identify records published in English from January 1980 to March 2023 on Dromedary camel welfare via Scopus^®, using "Camel welfare," "Camel behaviour," "She-camel"

SUBMITTER: Masebo NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665734 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature