Sheep and Goat : Meat Production and Processing

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Production: 1. Role of small ruminants in meat production/S.M.K. Naqvi. 2. Paradigm for profitable sheep farming through technological innovations/A.K. Shinde. 3. Indian meat sector perspective/Y.P. Gadekar and N. Kondaiah. 4. Role of prolificacy and nutri-genetics in enhancing Mutton production/Arun Kumar, L.L.L. Prince, R.C. Sharma and Ved Prakash. 5. Approaches and strategies for maximising mutton production/A. Sahoo and R.S. Bhatt. 6. Nutrition technologies for chevon production/M.K. Tripathi, Anu Rahal, Prabhat Tripathi and U.B. Chaudhary. 7. Newer approaches for quality mutton production/R.S. Bhatt and A. Sahoo. 8. Reproductive technologies for enhancing meat production in sheep/Davendra Kumar, Kalyan De and S.M.K. Naqvi. 9. Organic small ruminants production in India: the way forward/Mahesh Chander and Prakashkumar Rathod. 10. Environmental stress impact on small ruminants production/V. Sejian, S. Bahadur, S. Indu, M. Bagath, P.K. Malik, N.M. Soren, D. Kumar, V.P. Maurya, A.K. Shinde, A. Sahoo, R. Bhatta and S.M.K. Naqvi. 11. Role of biotechnology in meat sector/Girish Patil, S. and Nagappa Karabasanavar. II. Processing: 12. Innovations in value added meat products/V.V. Kulkarni and B.M. Naveena. 13. Designer meat products for healthy living/Y.P. Gadekar, A.K. Shinde, R. Thomas, A.K. Das and R.S. Bhatt. 14. Recent trends in packaging of meat and meat products/Arun K. Das, S.R. Pradhan, P.K. Nanda and Y.P. Gadekar. 15. Utilization of slaughterhouse by-products/S. Sureshkumar, A. Irshad and S. Karthika. III. Quality control and marketing: 16. Quality management in small ruminant meat production/V. Rajkumar and Arun Kumar Verma. 17. Recent advances in the meat species identification/S. Vaithiyanathan and Girish Patil S. 18. Clean meat production/Y.P. Gadekar and S.K. Mendiratta. 19. Role of ante-mortem and post mortem meat inspection for prevention of animal and human health risks/G.G. Sonawane and D. Singh. 20. Innovations in decontamination of carcasses/Kandeepan G. 21. Safety standards and industry legislations pertaining to meat and meat products/R. Thomas and Y.P. Gadekar. 22. Value chain and marketing of small ruminants in India: an analysis/Suresh A. Sheep and goat contributes nearly one-fourth to the total meat production in the country. They are considered as future food animals under climate change scenario. Majority of sheep and goat flocks in the tropical countries are raised on natural grazing resources. These resources are gradually denuding both in yield and quality and compromising the meat production. Further feed scarcity from grazing lands is transforming aged old traditional system to semi intensive and intensive one. The demand of small ruminant meat is increasing rapidly both in domestic and international markets and on the other hand relatively poor production from available animals, feed and infrastructure is reflecting in inflating meat prices. To bridge the gap between demand and supply, large scale specialised sheep and goat production system, which are more conducive to adopt improved production technologies like prolificacy, higher feed efficiency and accelerated production are some of the pertinent and quantifiable approaches. Furthermore, strategies should also be focused on small scale market oriented intensive production system based on existing system and agro-ecologies in certain pockets wherein innovative breeding strategies, choice of breed, feed and feeding system, housing, health and management may also be considered. The demand for healthy meat and meat products is growing among health conscious people, which is creating favourable condition for organic and lean meat produced in hygienic premises. It will further increase with the rising incidences of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, hypertension etc. The designer meat products can be promoted as healthy food by fibre, pre-and probiotic fortification, sodium and fat reduction nutraceutical enrichmen. …