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SUMMARY- Dry matter intake (DMI) or energy intake, digestive capacity and feed utilization have been studied in the dromedary camel using coarse roughages under stall-fed conditions. DM1 of meadow hay (MH), wheat straw (WS) and oat hay (OH) was, respectively, 0.65 and 0.66 kg DM per 100 kg Iw. With these types of feeds, the camel's natural ability forselective browsing is reduced and there is reduced feed intake even with limited dehydration. Intake improved with supplementary feeding. Consum tion of by adult camels increased by 16%. Total DM1 increased by over 60 % when WS was off tred with a high-CP supplement. However, total DM1 of this species remained, in any case