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Livestock slaughtered - Sheep

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Full name of indicator:	Livestock slaughtered - Sheep
Code:	5669
Topic:	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Validity:	01.01.2000 - 09.09.9999
Definition:	"Number of slaughtered sheep" is the number of carcasses of animals whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. "Live weight" is the live weight of slaughtered sheep before their slaughter, expressed as the empty body weight. "Carcass weight" is the cold weight after slaughter and dressing of slaughtered sheep whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. "Carcass of sheep" means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning, presented without the head (separated at the atlanto-occipital joint); without the feet (severed at the carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints); without the tail (severed between the sixth and seventh caudal vertebrae); without the udder and sexual organs; with the kidneys and kidney fat; and without the other organs contained in the thoracic and abdominal cavities. "Sheep" means domestic animals of the species Ovis aries L.; meat of these animals is presented as sheepmeat, and lamb.
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