Livestock farming systems: Product quality based on local resources leading to improved sustainability

411 Pages·2006·20.007 MB·English

by  R. Rubino, L. Sepe, A. Dimitriadou, A. Gibon

Livestock farming
systems
Product quality based on local resources
leading to improved sustainability

EAAP publication No. 118,
2006
Benevento, Italy
Livestock farming systems
The EAAP series is published under the direction of Dr. P. Rafai
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Livestock farming systems
Product quality based on local resources
leading to improved sustainability
EAAP publication No. 118
Editors:
R. Rubino, L. Sepe, A . Dimitriadou and A. Gibon
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Contents
Foreword 1
C. Nardone
Introduction 3
D. Matassino
Preface 5
A. Gibon
Chapter 1: Product quality in livestock production: change in views and values
Local resources and typical animal products 9
F. Casabianca & D. Matassino
Food quality and human health: the human medicine point of view 27
N. Caporaso, P. Vitaglione, V. Fogliano, A. Ritieni, S. Stingo, A. Carbone & F. Morisco
Animal food quality and human health: the animal science point of view 37
C. Kijora, K.J. Peters, A. Nardone & M.G. Keane
Animal genetics and functional food 49
F. Pilla, A. Valentini, J.A. Lenstra & P. Martin
Establishing a quality convention, certifying and promoting the quality of animal
products: the case of beef 61
B. Sylvander, G. Belletti, A. Marescotti & E. Thévenod-Mottet
Consumer attitudes towards specific beef and lamb quality products in different
European regions 83
A. Bernués, A. Olaizola & K. Corcoran
Short papers

Ass milk: nutritional and functional characteristics 93
E. Salimei, F. Fantuz, P. Polidori, R. Coppola, B. Chiofalo & G. Varisco
The origin attribute as a quality factor and as an element conditioning attitudes towards
purchasing beef 99
M.T. Maza, V. Ramírez & E. Manrique
Consumers’ evaluation of traditional Extremaduran cheeses through factor analysis 103
F. Pulido, F.J. Mesías, A. Rodríguez & M. Escribano
Marketing of agricultural products: strengthening of regional and socio-cultural values
in the Netherlands and of bulk production values in Greece 109
S.J. Oosting, A.J. Sol & N. Kalogeras
Chapter 2: Specificity and technology of elaboration of traditional dairy and meat
products
Traditional sheep and goat milk processing technologies in the Mediterranean Basin: the
case of the Jordan sheep cooperatives 119
P. Couenberg
Pasture and cheese diversity in French Northern Alps 125
S. Buchin, B. Martin, & A. Hauwuy
Effect of production systems on the sensory characteristics of Cantal cheeses: a plant-
scale study 131
C. Agabriel, B. Martin, C. Sibra & J.-C. Bonnefoy
Preparation and ripening of a traditional dry-sausage from nero Siciliano pig 137
C. Diaferia, A. D’Amico, G. Madonia, E. Manganelli, S. Margiotta, V. Pruiti, I. Valenti
& M. Villardita
Short papers
Influence of altitude, forage quality and grazing-related effects on milk yield and milk
quality of cows kept in the eastern Swiss Alps 145
F. Leiber, R.H. Razminowicz, S.J. Duleba, M. Kreuzer & H.-R. Wettstein
Milk composition and cheesemaking properties of the milk obtained from some Italian
bovine genetic types 149
D. Matassino, C.M.A. Barone, P. Colatruglio, D. Fornataro, M. Occidente & A. Zullo
Colour characteristics of ‘Caciocavallo’ cheese obtained from some Italian bovine
genetic types 153
P. Colatruglio, C.M.A. Barone, V. Carfagna, G. Gigante, M. Occidente, A. Zullo &
D. Matassino
Rheological characteristics of ‘Caciocavallo’ cheese obtained from some Italian bovine
breeds and genetic types 157
A. Zullo, C.M.A. Barone, P. Colatruglio, M. Occidente, G. Potena, C.E. Rossetti &
D. Matassino
Colour of dry cured hams obtained from autochthonous genetic types of pig 161
D. Matassino, C.M.A. Barone, P. Colatruglio, M. Occidente & A. Zullo
Preliminary results on some “typified traditional” products obtained from Casertana, a
pig autochthonous genetic type 165
C.M.A. Barone, N. Castellano, P. Colatruglio, M. Occidente, A. Zullo & D. Matassino
Sensory properties of Italian Istrian milk lamb meat 169
R. Valusso, L.A. Volpell, M. Morgante & E. Piasentier
Chapter 3: Local breeds, traditional livestock farming systems and niche-based
development strategies
Small is beautiful… but how to remain small? A case-study about the Basque swine
system and its related market chain 177
J. Arrayet, B. Montel & J. Lossouarn
Traditional use of goat and goat products in the Guadeloupean society 183
G. Alexandre, S. Asselin de Beauville, E. Shitalou & M.-F. Zebus
Certified beef production from local breeds in Chalkidiki, Greece 189
Ch. Ligda, A. Georgoudis, A. Floros, E. Xenoudakis & J. Boyazoglu
Production of PDO beef: the example of “Fin Gras du Mézenc” in France 193
S. Ingrand, B. Dedieu & M.-O. Nozières
Livestock farming systems and milk production characteristics in some mountain areas
of North-West Italy 199
L.M. Battaglini, A. Ighina, C. Lussiana, A. Mimosi & M. Bianchi
Short papers
How the development of typical products affects breeding stock qualification for
endangered breeds: the case of the Gascon pig 205
A. Audiot, B. Roche & M. Onco-Barella
Note on some characteristics of the local Karakachan sheep, the oldest breed on the
Balkans 211
D. Nedelchev, E. Raicheva & D. Kuzmanova
Chapter 4: Accounting for multifunctionality in local development of livestock
farming
Local animal resources and products in sustainable development: role and potential of
equids 217
N. Miraglia, D. Burger, M. Kapron, J. Flanagan, B. Langlois & W. Martin-Rosset
Natural products for upgrading sustainability of land resources and landscapes: the case
of the Argan forest 235
A. El Aich, A. Bourbouze, P. Bas & P. Morand-Fehr
The old Italian Merino-derived breeds and their role in landscape conservation in typical
production and in the maintenance of traditional culture 247
F. Panella, F.M. Sarti, E. Lasagna, C. Renieri & M. Antonini
Assessment of land use practices in mountain livestock farms: the case of farms
producing milk for Beaufort cheese (Northern Alps) 253
A. Havet, L. Dobremez, Y. Pauthenet & A. Gaillot