Chemical Composition, In Situ Degradation, And Fermentation Kinetics Of Some Browse Plant Species Collected From Algerian Arid And Semi-Arid Areas

Subject Areas : Forage Quality

Samir Medjekal ¹ , Mouloud Ghadbane ² , Souhil Boufennara ³ , Laid Bebderradji ⁴ , Raul Bodas ⁵ , Hacene Bousseboua ⁶ , Secundino Lopez ⁷

1 - Departement of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University Mohamed boudiaf of M'sila
2 - University Mohamed Boudiaf of M’sila, faculty of Science, Department of SNV, 28000 M’sila, (Algeria)
3 - Department of cellular and molecular biology, Faculty of nature Sciences, University Abbes Laghrour of Khenchela, 40000. Khenchela, Algeria.
4 - University Mohamed Boudiaf of M’sila, faculty of Science, Department of SNV, 28000 M’sila, (Algeria)
5 - Agricultural Technology Institute of Castilla and León, Subdirectorate for Research and Technology, Valladolid, Spain
6 - National Higher School of Biotechnology, University City of Ali Mendjeli P.O Box 66E RP 25100, Ali Mendjeli/Constantine (Algeria).
7 - Institute of Livestock of Mountain -CSIC- University of León, Department of Animal Production, University of Léon, 24007 León, Spain

Received: 2019-03-14 Accepted : 2019-11-10 Published : 2020-04-01

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