Camel milk began to be used more broadly in the ... Currently, the camel population in Saudi Arabia is estimated at 2 million. These animals are owned by about 100,000 nomads, for whom maintaining ...

Camel milk began to be used on a larger scale for ... Currently, the camel population in Saudi Arabia is estimated at 2 million. These animals are owned by approximately 100,000 nomads, for ...

Increasing demand is driving breeders to develop camels that give higher milk yields, much like domesticated dairy cows. In the UAE and Saudi Arabia, some dairy farms now include "fattening" units ...

In Saudi Arabia in 1986, a new dairy was opened which was tailored to processing the milk from camels. Image caption, Camels are milked by hand as they don’t respond well to machine milking.