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River Buffalo Meat Production and Quality: Sustainability, Productivity, Nutritional and Sensory Properties
ISSN: 1927 - 520XPublisher: author   
River Buffalo Meat Production and Quality: Sustainability, Productivity, Nutritional and Sensory Properties
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Agriculture and Food Sciences
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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IAA.ZONE/192710586520X
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Abstract
One of the most important challenges facing today’s society is feeding a growing world population. This review aims to examine the available information to assess the potential of river buffalo as a meat producer with a focus on the sustainability of the supply chain and on meat quality in terms of nutritional and sensory properties. Traditionally, buffalo meat came from old, culled animals in rural agricultural regions where animals were slaughtered at the end of their productive life as dairy or draught animals. Therefore, the meat had low quality. However, when younger animals are used, buffalo meat is generally well appreciated by consumers. Buffaloes can adapt to different production systems and convert poor-quality high fiber feedstuffs into high-quality products, including meat, with a lower degree of competition with human nutrition. In addition, although requiring more land, extensive production systems may have lower environ...