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Livestock slaughtered - Poultry and ostriches

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Full name of indicator:	Livestock slaughtered - Poultry and ostriches
Code:	8499
Topic:	Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
Validity:	01.01.2000 - 09.09.9999
Definition:	"Number of slaughtered geese, ostriches, guineafowl, and other poultry" is the number of carcasses of animals whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. "Live weight" is the live weight of slaughtered geese, ostriches, guineafowl, and other poultry before their slaughter, expressed as the empty body weight. "Carcass weight" is the cold weight after slaughter and dressing of slaughtered geese, ostriches, guineafowl, and other poultry whose meat is deemed fit for human consumption. "Carcass" of poultry means: the animal plucked and drawn, without head and feet and without neck, heart, liver and gizzard. "Geese, ostriches, guineafowl, and other poultry" refers to: - domestic poultry of the species Anser anser domesticus L.; - ostriches (Struthio camelus L.); - guineafowl (Numida meleagris domestica L.); - other poultry fowl not elsewhere classified, such as quails (Coturnix spp.), pheasants (Phasianus spp.), and pigeons (Columbinae spp.). Birds raised in confinement for hunting purposes and not for meat/egg production are excluded.
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