Status survey of the occurrence,  disposal and recycling of livestock carcass in Korea

Soo Min Shim; Hyun Sik Cheon; Seung Soo Kim; Ju Hwan Lee; Hyun Yoon Oh; Jung Hoon Kwag; Seung Gun Won; Chang Six Ra

doi:10.11109/JAES.2022.24.3.124

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Status survey of the occurrence, disposal and recycling of livestock carcass in Korea 국내 폐사가축 발생 및 처리, 재활용 실태 조사

31 December 2022. pp. 124-130

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Abstract

This study conducted a status survey on livestock carcasses' occurrence and disposal by livestock species in Korea for livestock farms, slaughterhouses, and private disposal facilities. The annual amount of livestock carcass in Korea is 158,000 tons, and the mortality rate by livestock species is 2.4% for beef cattle, 4.8% for dairy cattle, 19.9% for swine, 6.7% for broilers, 4.9% for layers, and 3.8% for ducks. Most of the livestock carcasses generated are buried or composted on the farm. As the number of dead livestock is expected to increase steadily, a management system for the occurrence of livestock carcasses and storage-disposal-recycle is urgent to establish.

Keywords

Livestock carcass

Carcass disposal

On-farm disposal

Rendering

Mortality rate

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Animal Environmental Science & Technology
Publisher(Ko) :(사)한국축산환경학회
Journal Title :Journal of Animal Environmental Science
Journal Title(Ko) :축산시설환경학회지
Volume : 24
No :3
Pages :124-130
Received Date : 2022-09-22
Revised Date : 2022-10-18
Accepted Date : 2022-10-21
DOI :https://doi.org/10.11109/JAES.2022.24.3.124

Journal of Animal Environmental Science ISSN:1226-0274(Print) 축산시설환경학회지

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