 Both milk yields and the nutritional composition of camel milk are affected by many factors, including "forage quantity and quality, watering frequency, climate, breeding age, parity, milking frequency, calf nursing, milking method (hand or machine milking), health, and reproductive status".Pakistani and Afghani camels are supposed to produce the highest yields of milk, up to 30 litres per day.The Bactrian camel produces 5 litres per day and the dromedary produces an average of 20 litres per day.