carcass weight

noun

The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

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Meanings

nouncarcass weight (countable and uncountable, plural carcass weights)

plural carcass weights

  1. countableuncountableThe weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

    In cattle hauled an average of 1023 km, almost one-half of the shrinkage was due to loss of carcass weight (Self and Gay, 1972).

    2007, Temple Grandin, chapter 9, in Livestock handling and transport, →ISBN, page 143

Translations

Swedish slaktvikt
  • slaktviktThe weight of an animal after slaughter
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