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Feed resources deficiency is considered one of the basic constraints to improve animal productivity in arid and semi-arid regions in Egypt. Improving the fodder supply of desert grazing livestock (sheep, camels and goats), particularly during the prolonged dry seasons, would increase the average annual animal production by approximately 27% (FAO, 1995). Attention has been directed towards the necessity to utilize marginal resources, that is, saline soils and underground water for producing unconventional animal feed, such as halophytes.
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El Shaer, H.M. (2003). Potential of halophytes as animal fodder in Egypt. In: Lieth, H., Mochtchenko, M. (eds) Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0211-9_12
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