red meat products
what are the four ways to market animals
per head, per pound, slide, carcass merit index
what is #1 red meat
pork
what is swine meat called
pork
what are the three types of cuts of the carcass
primal, wholesale, retail
what are the primal cuts of beef
round, loin, rib, chuck
how do you remove the hair from hogs
scalding
what are the primal cuts of lamb
shoulder, breast, rib, loin, leg
dont own commodity just betting on movement
speculators
what attaches bone to muscle
tendons
why do you need to let the heart keep beating
to push out blood and good color
as animals age the percentage of what goes down
water and protein
is poultry red or white meat
white
what is used to make chickens unconscious
CO2 gas
what country is #1 in red meat supply
China
what is largest producer in the world
JBS
what are the primal cuts of hogs
boston butt, picnic shoulder, loin, belly, ham
what is used to make cattle unconscious
captive bolt
what are the five sources of red meat products
cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses
what is top state in sheep slaughter
colorado
what is used to make hogs unconscious
electricity
as animals age the percentage of what goes up
fat
what are the factors that affect dressing percent
fill, fat, hide weight, wool weight, muscle, fat
contracts for future cattle deliveries; guarantees profit margin; risk assumed by speculators
hedgeing
what animal keeps the skin
hogs
what is top state in hog slaughter
iowa
what is severed to drain blood from animal
jugular and/or carotoid artery
what attaches bone to bone
ligaments
what is sheep meat called
mutton
what is top state in cattle slaughter
nebraska
what are by-products referred to
offal
how old are cattle that are made veal
3 months
what is average dressing percent of goats
45-50
what is average dressing percent of sheep
50-55
what is average dressing percent of cattle
60-65
what is average dressing percent of hogs
70-75
what are the four fat soluble vitamins
a, d, e, k
what are the two myofilaments
actin, myosin
are animals transported to the packing plant dead or alive?
alive
what are the 2 water soluble vitamins
b, c
