Rodent meat - a sustainable way to feed the world? Using rodents as food has a long tradition in many parts of the world
EMBO Rep. 2016 May;17(5):630-3.
doi: 10.15252/embr.201642306.
Epub 2016 Apr 4.
- PMID: 27113761
- PMCID: PMC5341521
- DOI: 10.15252/embr.201642306
Abstract
The idea of rearing and eating rodents as “mini‐livestock” might sound unpalatable to many Westerners, but rodent meat has a long culinary tradition in other parts of the world and could become an important component of sustainable global agriculture.
MeSH terms
- Africa
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Asia, Southeastern
- Diet*
- Guinea Pigs
- Livestock
- Meat*
- Rodentia*
- South America