| ostrich (struthio camelus) production in egypt. | this review discusses the historical, developmental and practices of ostrich farming in egypt. in the early 20th century, ostrich farming was very important for production of ostrich feathers and documents were produced to perfect the art of procuring the plumes from the birds and subsequently processing them. pharaohs used ostrich feathers for adornment. of 43 provinces, 12 were featured in 2003-2004 as farming ostriches: alexandria, al-behera, al-dakahlia, al-wadi al-gadid, aswan, cairo, el-sh ... | 2008 | 18509943 |