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Lamb — a young sheep which is less than one year old. From 1 July 2019, the Australian definition is "an ovine animal that: (a) is under 12 months of age; or (b) does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear.
The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cattle and water buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs, deers, horses, rabbits, poultry (mainly chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese), insects (a commercial species is the house cricket), and increasingly, fish in the aquaculture industry (fish farming).
By 1995, members of the public had become increasingly concerned about the conditions in which animals were reared, transported and slaughtered. [6] Some examples of the farm animals that were being exported to continental Europe were cattle, veal calves and sheep. [ 2 ]
A police officer deployed to Notting Hill Carnival said officers were treated like “lambs to the slaughter”, according to a survey by the Metropolitan Police Federation. Almost 90 per cent of ...
Ram lambs that will be slaughtered or separated from ewes before sexual maturity are not usually castrated. [23] In most breeds, lambs' tails are docked for health reasons. [ 8 ] The tail may be removed just below the lamb's caudal tail flaps (docking shorter than this may cause health problems such as rectal prolapse), [ 8 ] but in some breeds ...
Animals were sent from the grasslands of the world to be slaughtered at Deptford market. Even today, when animal welfare is a consideration and the average journey from feedlot to slaughter plant lasts just a few hours, [136] transport-related stress and injury are major sources of loss to the American meat industry. [137]
The Southdown was traditionally reared for meat and wool. During the day the sheep pastured freely on the downs, and at night they were close-folded in the arable fields of the farmers, where they helped to increase soil fertility. [10] Fleece weights (greasy) are about 2–3.5 kg for ewes, 3.5–5.5 kg for rams.
Old-season lamb – a lamb a year old or more. Also hogget , shearling , teg . Orf , scabby mouth or contagious ecthyma – a highly contagious viral disease of sheep (and goats) attacking damaged skin areas around the mouth and causing sores, usually affecting lambs in their first year of life.