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This book provides an overview of the buffalo meat industry. Chapter topics include production systems, nutritional interventions for designer meat production, composition and nutritional quality of buffalo meat, value addition, processing, packaging, and quality assurance programme.
Buffalo meat is meat derived from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Buffalo meat is also called Cara beef, and is the healthiest meat among red meats for its low calories and cholesterol content. Buffaloes (riverine or swamp) are found in over 50 countries including India, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia and Egypt, and South Asia is home to some of the best buffalo breeds in the world. Buffaloes play a significant role in the rural economy of farmers and contribute to nutritional security, especially in south Asian developing countries.
The core components of the book are housing, feeding, breeding, disease management of buffaloes, which are the factors affecting buffalo meat production and its quality. The book also covers requirements for establishing buffalo abattoir, process of buffalo slaughter, techniques for evaluation of meat quality, processing, preservation, packaging, zoonotic diseases, byproduct processing, species identification, traceability, etc. It also discusses the applications of advanced techniques like genomics and proteomics for predicting meat quality and an overview of the international status of buffalo farming and the international trade of buffalo meat.
This book provides a valuable reference for the academics and industry/ government stakeholders. The content will help promote research and education and contribute to the development of the sector.
Contents
Chapter 1. Origin, domestication, diversity and contribution of buffalo.- Chapter 2. Buffalo meat production and export.- Chapter 3. Buffalo breeds and breeding policies for enhanced meat production: a global perspective.- Chapter 4. Management and breeding practices for quality buffalo meat production.- Chapter 5. Next-generation carabeef production: advancements in biotechnology for high-quality buffalo meat.- Chapter 6. Microbiology of buffalo meat.- Chapter 7. Buffalo meat inspection.- Chapter 8. Comprehensive overview and recent advances in water buffalo meat proteomics.- Chapter 9. Meat intoxication.- Chapter 10. Chemical residues in buffalo meat: quantitative determination and their standards.- Chapter 11. Requirements for small and modern buffalo slaughter unit and slaughtering techniques in Indian meat sector.- Chapter 12. Zoonoses associated with buffaloes and their control measures.- Chapter 13. Grading and buffalo carcass evaluation.- Chapter 14. Buffalo meat byproducts - status and utilization.- Chapter 15. Livestock traceability: a crucial component for enhancing buffalo meat quality and global market access.- Chapter 16. Value added buffalo meat products.- Chapter 17. Packaging of buffalo meat.- Chapter 18. Preservation of buffalo meat.- Chapter 19. Role of buffalo meat in human nutrition.- Chapter 20. Evaluation of fresh buffalo meat quality.- Chapter 21. Economics of buffalo meat production systems.- Chapter 22. Species identification of buffalo meat by molecular techniques.
