The identification and development of salt tolerant fodder crops
may help address the scarcity of good quality water in many arid
agricultural regions of the world where vast reserves of saline and
brackish water exist. Many halophytes are able to produce high
biomass under saline conditions. Halophytes have long been known
to be a valuable resource for utilizing saline lands and brackish
water. Their potential as animal feed, however, has remained
relatively unfulfilled. In the past few decades the effect of salt in
drinkingwater and feed on animal health andmeat quality/quantity