Meat We Eat
26 important questions on Meat We Eat
Gestation Period of Sow/Gilt
Gestation Period of Ewe/Ewe Lamb
Chicken Gestation Period/Egg incubation
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Turkey Egg incubation
Which species has the shortest gestation period?
A-chickens
B-pigs
C-sheep
D-cattle
Elapsed Time from Birth to slaughter Cattle, Swine and sheep
5-7 months Swine
6-10 months Sheep
Elapsed Time from birth to slaughter turkey and broilers
6 weeks broilers
Ewe/Lamb Timeline
If they go to the grower then they will go to the feeder next, From the feeder they go to the packer
Pigs/ Poultry timeline (Similar)
Nursery 1 month
Finishing 100-130 days
Scald
Harvest
Evisceration
Poultry Industry Timline
Elite Purebred Producer
Multiplier Procuder
Commercial Producer
Packers
Processors, Wholesalers, Purveyors
Retail
Consumer
How has the production methods changed since the 1940s?
What drives the profitability of the slaughter portion of the meat industry?
=adding value to byproducts
Why does a retailer have a markup cost?
How do commercial slaughter facilities remain profitable?
Who is Temple Grandin and briefly describe her contribution to animal agriculture.
Why try to minimize pre-slughter stress to livestock
What is the purpose of on-farm quality assurance?
What is the purpose of a third party animal welfare audit?
What are the two primary ways pigs are stunned commercially?
How are cattle stunned commercially?
What is the most valuable inedible by-product?
What are the primary categories of inedible byproducts generated?
How does the rendering industry contribute to the sustainability/carbon footprint of the livestock industry?
If microbial pathogens are identified on the surface of a carcass, where did they probably originate?
How is ground beef made commercially?
Describe the palatability differences expected between a steak from a young grass fed steer and a young grain fed steer. Why would you expect those?
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