Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su132413527
Keywords
American buffalo; biodiversity; production performance; economic value; greenhouse gas emissions; life cycle assessment
Funding
- Open Access Publication Funds of the Gottingen University
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The American bison, despite its positive contributions to biodiversity, physiological robustness, higher price per kg, and nutritive values, may have lower growth and performance rates compared to beef cattle as a sustainable meat source. However, targeted and system-based research is needed to unequivocally assess the sustainability of bison production in North America.
The American bison (Bison bison) is iconic of the Great Plains of North America, yet the genus has had to overcome near extinction in the recent past prior to being re-established for food production. This scoping review summarizes the literature on the Plains Bison as a large ruminant species adequate for modern-day meat production in order to evaluate the species' appropriateness as a sustainable meat source and to identify knowledge gaps hindering the sustainability evaluation of bison production. To date, we can anecdotally assume that bison husbandry could contribute to sustainability based on its positive contribution to biodiversity, physiological robustness, economically higher price per kg, and nutritive values, despite their decreased growth and performance rates compared to beef cattle. However, targeted and system-based research is required in order to unequivocally assess the sustainability of bison production in North America.
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