Table 1. Herd demographics and management characteristics of six dairy camel herds from a study into carriage and shedding of group B Streptococcus conducted in November 2019 in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Herd and management characteristics	Herd
	A	B	C	D	E	F
Management system	Ranch	Ranch	Pastoralist	Ranch	Homestead	Homestead
Mobile/permanent boma	Mobile	Mobile	Mobile	Permanent	Permanent	Permanent
Boma material	Metal fence	Acacia	Acacia	Wooden fence	Acacia	Acacia
Total herd size 1	76	75	180	86	53	53
Number of lactating camels	19	23	18	16	17	8
Milking frequency (times/day)	1	2	2	4	2	2
Post-milking cleaning of hands 2	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Milking order	No	No	Newly calved camels milked first	Oldest camels milked first	Newly calved camels milked first	Newly calved camels milked first
Selling milk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Watering interval (days)	2	0	1	0	1	0
Other animals kept in contact with camel herd	Cattle, poultry, sheep	No	No	No	Cattle, poultry, sheep, goats, dogs	Cats, poultry, sheep, goats, dogs
New camels added to the herd within the last year	No	No	No	Yes	No	No

¹For herds not belonging to ranches, herd size was regarded as confidential, and a rough estimate was given by the herders.

²No pre-milking washing of hands was carried out in any of the herds.