abstract:Dressed weight (also called carcass weight) refers to the weight of an animal after being partially butchered, removing all the internal organs and oftentimes the head as well as inedible (or less desirable) portions of the tail and legs. It includes the bones, cartilage and other body structure still attached after this initial butchering.
The resultsindicated that the meatproductioncapability was fine, the percentageof dressedweight was above 88%, percentage of evisceratedyield was above 60% ;