Slaughtering kids/lambs at specified age and weight of
specialized goat and sheep meat breeds might promote high muscle
deposition and a desirable carcass fat cover, culminating into meat
with a more adequate nutritional profile and health…
The tropics and subtropics is a habitat to diverse populations of
indigenous goats and sheep breeds known for their adaptability to the
existing harsh agro-ecological conditions and the majority are reared
under traditional systems of management.…
he growth performance, carcass and meat properties are the
driving factors for efficiency and overall viability of goat and sheep meat
production systems. These performance factors are much dependent on
genotype, although the overall productive…