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- "Number of slaughtered pigs excluding sows" is the number of carcasses of animals whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption.
"Live weight" is the live weight of slaughtered pigs excluding sows expresses the live weight of animals before their slaughter, expressed as the empty body weight. "Carcass weight" is the cold weight after slaughter and dressing of slaughtered pigs excluding sows whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. (The cold weight can be obtained by subtracting 2% from the weight recorded warm 45 minutes, at the latest, after the animal is bled – included in the definition during the period 2009-2024) "Carcass of pigs" means body of a slaughtered animal, bled and eviscerated, whole or divided down the mid-line, presented without tongue, bristles, hooves, sexual organs, flare fat, kidneys and diaphragm. "Pigs excluding sows" (applied since 2025) means pigs, males and females, regardless their weight, intended for pigmeat production; slaughtered sows are excluded. "Pigs excluding sows and boars" (applied until 2024) means pigs, males and females, regardless their weight, intended for pigmeat production; slaughtered sows and boars are excluded.
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