Effect of local diets on nutritional and sensory quality of meat of indigenous goats in Tunisian arid regions.

The valorization of natural resources in small ruminants feeding can reduce the cost of feed and produce good meat quality. The objective was to evaluate the effects of local feed resources on the physico-chemical aspects, the sensorial characteristics and the fatty acid profile of goat kid's meat. Twenty-six kids are divided in three groups (average body weight = 15.

Quality and fatty acid profile of the milk of indigenous goats subjected to different local diets in Tunisian arid lands.

The study tested the hypothesis that certain pastoral forages and olive by-products, available in arid areas, may positively influence fatty acid composition and physicochemical properties of goat's milk. Thirty indigenous goats (body weight = 25.2 kg; age = 4.