Handling Conditions and Practices Causing Bruises in Cattle

Joseph E. Rickenbacker

No 311183, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: This survey clearly indicated that livestock can be handled safely through the various handling phases and end up as damage-free sides of beef in the packinghouse cooler. Combined results of all tests in the survey, without regard to type and grade of cattle, showed that about 30 percent of all test animals escaped bruise injury during handling from ranch through processing. Of course, this percentage varied from test to test. Significantly those tests where facilities were the best and where handling was uniformly good were the tests with the highest percentages of bruise-free carcasses. The same conclusion that cattle can be handled safely can be justified on the basis of results obtained in any given handling phase as well as on the basis of all phases collectively. Although this record was much more favorable in certain handling phases, in each phase a substantial number of cattle were handled without suffering any damage. Therefore, the desirable goal of bruise-free livestock is within reach.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 1959-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311183

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