One of the academic purposes of the School of Animal Husbandry and Ecology of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua is to train professionals for entrepreneurship and self-employment so the main purpose of this book is to teach in an easy and practical way the elaboration of food products of animal origin to students and interested parties. This manual includes theoretical and practical content that allows the reader to acquire the basic competencies skills and abilities to produce products such as ham chorizo salami and al pastor meat among others.