Source of food animals
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Food animals are all animals that are used for human consumption.
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They may be mainly herbivorous animals.
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Food animals are generally of two types viz., Conventional food animals(cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and pigs) and non-conventional food animals (musk oxen, yak, deer, reindeer, horses, camels, alpaca, llama and vicuna).
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The animals suitable for the food of man should have cloven footed hoof and chew the cud.
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In addition, poultry (chicken, ducks, geese, turkey, pigeons, emu, etc) have become major meat producing species.
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Food animals are kept primarily for the production of meat but they often yield additional products of sufficient value to influence the economics of the total process.
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The carcass yield or dressing percentage is expressed as a percentage of the live weight of the animals.
| Dressing percentage = ((Live weight of the animal - dressed weight) / live weight ) x 100
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Kind of animals
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Carcass yield (%)
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Cattle
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50 to 54
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Sheep and Goat
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35 to 50
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Veal
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63
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Pig
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65 - 70
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