Sheep and Goat Production and Products in Europe: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Small Ruminants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 2358
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal products; geographical indications; ruminants; traceability; authochthonous breeds
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Interests: meat science; meat quality; meat products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sheep and goat production from European breeds is an essential and far-reaching industry, providing original products to international markets. Ruminant animal products are recognized in Europe and other continents for their quality and originality. Although these products have a number of attractive characteristics, their high sensory quality is considered the most relevant to consumers. The quality of animal products from ruminants varies between breeds, feeding strategies, processing factors, and so on. European consumers want to know the characteristics of the products they consume. Therefore, new systems to trace the origin of animal products in Europe are required. For example, biomarkers can be used to identify the origin of animals and guarantee the quality of products. Improvements that can guarantee the traceability of products of animal origin are currently being developed. Furthermore, this characterization can help local products of high sensory quality develop quality brands, sustaining them economically.
In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to submit original research and review articles on new challenges and strategies to ensure the quality of food products from sheep and goat breeds in Europe. These papers might include, but are not limited to, topics relating to traceability control, biomarkers, new production systems, new products, original products, or the use of regional available byproducts.
Prof. Dr. Alberto Horcada
Prof. Dr. Alfredo Jorge Costa Teixeira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- small ruminant
- traceability
- sheep breeds
- goat breeds
- animal products
- biomarkers
- by-products
