Nutritional Value of Climate-Resilient Forage Species Sustaining Peri-Urban Dairy Cow Production in the Coastal Grasslands of Benin (West Africa)

Along the coast of West Africa, grazing ruminants rely on perennial forage species remaining in uncultivated plots, roadsides, and marshlands during the dry season. To assess the quality of these forages, thirteen drought-tolerant plants were harvested at the mature stage, and the samples were evalu...

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Main Authors: Bossima Ivan Koura, Alessandro Vastolo, Dieu donné Kiatti, Monica Isabella Cutrignelli, Marcel Houinato, Serena Calabrò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/24/3550