**Author details**

M. Lotfi1 , M. Nejib2 and M. Naceur3

\*Address all correspondence to: lotfi.mhamdi@gmail.com

1 Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, Tunisia, Laboratory of biophysics, Avicenne Avenue, Tu‐ nisia

2 Higher Institute of Agronomy of Chott Meriem, Laboratory of animal sciences, Sousse, Tu‐ nisia

3 Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada

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