Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology

The commercial terms under which casings are sold

COMMERCIAL TERMS

Rounds	Animal casings derived from the small intestines of cattle, calves, sheep, goats and hogs.
Middles	Animal casings derived from large intestines of cattle and pigs.
Middle Cap or Cap	A casing prepared from the caecum of blind gut of the hog.
Bungs	Made from the caecum (beef bung and hog bung) containing approximately 5 to 6 feet (3 to 6 ft) of intestine starting from the anus called the “Crown”.
Bladders	Casings prepared from the urinary bladders of pigs and cattle
Weasands	Made from the mucosa of oesophagus of cattle.
Pig Stomachs	Casings prepared from stomach of pigs.
Runners	Casings prepared from small intestines of Cattle.
Small casings	Prepared from the small intestines of the hogs
Chitterlings or Black Guts	Casings prepared from a part of large intestines of hogs.
Sheep Casings	Prepared from small intestines of sheep.
Goat Casings	Prepared from the small intestines of goats.
Stomach	Casings prepared from the cleaned and sealed hog stomach; also called as “maws”.