Table of Contents:
  • Preface / O. Mahgoub, I.T. Kadim and E.C. Webb
  • Overview of the global meat goat sector / O. Mahgoub, I.T. Kadim and C.D. Lu
  • Goat meat production systems / K.W. McMillin, E.C. Webb, E.F. Donkin and F. Pinkerton
  • Carcass traits of hardy tropical goats / G. Alexandre and O. Mahgoub
  • Genetics and breeding of meat goats / J.N.B. Shrestha
  • Reproductive efficiency for increased meat production in goats / M. Rekik, I. Ben Salem and N. Lassoued
  • Nutrition of the meat goat / J.R. Kawas, O. Mahgoub and C.D. Lu
  • Growth, development and growth manipulation in goats / E.C. Webb, N.H. Casey and L. Simela
  • The role of objective and subjective evaluation in the production and marketing of goats for meat / B.A. McGregor
  • Tissue distribution in the goat carcass / O. Mahgoub, I.T. Kadim and E. Webb
  • Influences of diets on fatty acid composition of edible tissues of meat goat / J.H. Lee and G. Kannan
  • Mineral composition of goat meat / N.H.I. Osman and O. Mahgoub
  • Linear body measurements and carcass characteristics of goats / I.T. Kadim and O. Mahgoub
  • Nutritive value and quality characteristics of goat meat / I.T. Kadim and O. Mahgoub
  • Effect of early nutrition on carcass and meat quality of young goats under milk production systems / Anastasio Argüello, N. Castro, D. Sánchez-Macías and J. Capote
  • Effects of feeding system and diet on the body lipid composition of young goats / P. Morand-Fehr, A. Araba, P. Bas and A. El Aich.