564 12 Meat
Table 12.1.Continuation 1
Country Beef/Veal Country Buffalo Country (Mutton/Lamb)
Sheep meat
USA 11 , 910 India 1488 China 2540
Brazil 7774 Pakistan 571 Australia 626
China 7173 China 351 New Zealand 500
Argentina 2980 Egypt 270 Iran,
Islamic Rep of 389
Australia 2077 Nepal 142 United
Kingdom 331
Russian Fed. 1755 Philippines 70 Turkey 272
Mexico 1602 Thailand 63 India 239
France 1473 Indonesia 40 Spain 227
Canada 1391 Myanmar 24 Syrian Arab
Republic 200
India 1334 Iran 14 Algeria 185
Germany (^1167) ∑(%)b 95 Pakistan 172
Italy 1109 Sudan 148
South Africa 804 Russian
Federation 136
Colombia 792 South Africa 117
UK 762 Morocco 112
New Zealand 700 Kazakhstan 106
Spain 671 Nigeria 103
Ukraine 592 France 99
∑(%)b 75 ∑(%)b 75
Country Goat Country Pork (swine) Country Horse
China 2161 China 52 , 927 China 200
India 475 USA 9550 Mexico 79
Pakistan 392 Germany 4500 Russian Fed. 56
Sudan 186 Spain 3230 Kazakhstan 56
Nigeria 147 Brazil 3140 Argentina 56
Bangladesh 137 Vietnam 2446 Italy 41
Iran 105 Poland 2092 Mongolia 41
Greece 57 France 2011 USA 26
Indonesia 53 Canada 1898 Australia 21
Mali 51 Denmark 1749 Brazil 21
∑(%)b^75 ∑(%)b^75 ∑(%)b^75
aSlaughtering in each region is independent of the origin of the animals.
bWorld production=100%
12.2 Structure of Muscle Tissue
12.2.1 Skeletal Muscle
Skeletal muscle (Fig. 12.1) consists of long,
thin, parallel cells arranged into fiber bundles.
Each of these muscle fibers exists as a separate
entity surrounded by connective tissue, the
endomysium. Numbers of these primary muscle
fibers are held together in a bundle which is
surrounded by a larger sheet of thin connective
tissue, the perimysium. Many such primary
bundles are then held together and wrapped by
an outer, large, thick layer of connective tissue
called the epimysium. Figure 12.2 shows a cross-
section of rabbitPsoas majormuscle in which
the endomysium and perimysium are readily
recognized.