From pests to regional resources: Meat processing and production systems that promote the transformation of the images of deer and wild boar.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K00916
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Osaka Metropolitan University (2022); Osaka Prefecture University (2016-2021)
• Principal Investigator: HOSHI Hidenobu 大阪公立大学, 大学院現代システム科学研究科, 准教授 (30301188)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 黒川 通典 摂南大学, 農学部, 教授 (30582324)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 獣害 / 野生鳥獣 / 利活用 / 印象評価 / ジビエ / 衛生管理 / 食味 / HACCP

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research was conducted to identify the systems necessary to utilize deer and boars as local resources. We supported the introduction of HACCP to ensure hygiene at a wild boar and deer processing facility in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, where animal damage is severe. As a result, the facility ensured that the deer and wild boar meat it produces is as hygienic as commercially available meat. This deer and wild boar meat was adopted for school lunches at the city's elementary and junior high schools. It was found that elementary and junior high school students in Tsushima City have a more favorable impression of deer and wild boar than residents in areas with animal damage. In a taste test conducted on university students, wild boar meat was less tender and less aromatic than commercial pork but was highly rated for its richness and rarity.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、獣害の原因とされているシカ及びイノシシに対する印象を地域の資源へと変容させるシステムについて、食品衛生学的手法と心理学的印象評価手法を用いて明らかにした点に学術的意義があると考えられる。また、研究成果は、獣害が問題となっている地域において実施可能なものであり、シカ及びイノシシの個体数を管理しながら資源として利用するための礎となる社会的意義の大きいものである。