Meat products

Meat products

Any kind of animal flesh that is eaten or sold as a marketable product.

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marking knife

Meat products; Lamb

A knife with a clamp or hook made for lamb marking.

poddy lambs

Meat products; Lamb

Lambs abandoned or rejected, or orphaned after the death of the ewe.

livestock guardian dog

Meat products; Lamb

A dog bred and trained to guard sheep from predators such as bears, wolves, people or other dogs. Usually a large type of dog, often white and woolly, apparently to allow them to ...

lambing percentage

Meat products; Lamb

The number of lambs successfully reared in a flock compared with the number of ewes that have been mated – effectively a measure of the success of lambing and the number of ...

lambing jug

Meat products; Lamb

A small pen to confine ewes and newly born lambs.

lamb marking

Meat products; Lamb

The work of earmarking, docking and castration of lambs.

shepherd dog

Meat products; Lamb

A dog used to move and control sheep, often very highly trained. Other types of dog may be used just to guard sheep (see livestock guarding dog), and these are sometimes also ...