Cold dressed carcass weight per head
The average cold dressed carcass weight of the animals, expressed as kg cold dressed carcass weight per head. Cold dressed carcass weight is the weight of the slaughtered animal's cold body after it has been skinned, bled, eviscerated, and dressed. Dressing consists in the removal of inedible parts, which might include the external genitalia, the limbs, the head, the tail, the kidneys and kidney fats, and the udder. The exact definition depends on the animal considered, see [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Carcass_weight).
Also known as: Dressed weight; Dead weight
- Term type: Property
- Units: kg cold dressed carcass weight / head
References
HESTIA Glossary