carcass weight
noun1
The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.
- In cattle hauled an average of 1023 km, almost one-half of the shrinkage was due to loss of carcass weight (Self and Gay, 1972).2007, Temple Grandin, chapter 9, in Livestock handling and transport, →ISBN, page 143:
- Related terms
- live weight