In Kazakhstan's old capital of Almaty, a modern factory produces Kourt, a hard cheese, and a range of camel milk sweets.

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The way the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tells it, a glass of camel milk is a health regime in its own right.

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Nomads in Kazakhstan exploit a centuries-old method of storing camel milk in places lacking electricity, processing fresh milk into fermented milk, Shubat, a local delicacy.

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"This significant breakthrough gives a means of preserving the valuable genetics of our elite racing and milk producing camels in the future, " Dr Lulu Skidmore of the Camel Reproduction Centre told Gulf News newspaper.

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The animal inventory includes a camel and cow to supply milk, and until recently a flock of black partridges.

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Smoking camel milk is apparently common in some countries and at the bottom of the bottle there are tiny dark particles, burnt wood from the smoking process.

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