Kalmyk Camel

The Kalmyk Camel is considered an improved camel breed. They are large animals with a well-devloped skeleton, musculature, and hair cover with a great capacity for carrying loads and for work.

The females have a live weight of 650-700 kg, net meat yield of 56.8%, and wool yield of 8 kg. Their milk yield is 10-15% less than that of the Kazakh breed and the milk-fat content is 5.5%. The average live weight of breeding males is 760 kg (1042 kg maximum) with a meat yield of 60% and wool yield 10-13 kg.

Kalmyk Bactrians are reared primarily in the Kalmyk ASSR, the Astrakhan region of RSFSR, and in the Guryev, Mangyshlak, Ural, and Kzyl-Orda regions of the Kazakh SSR.