Traumatic injuries detected at slaughter in cattle: impact of production system and season on animal welfare and meat condemnation in Sweden

Table 1 Carcase weight, conformation, and fat score in cows and heifers from certified organic and conventional farms

	Organically certified farms		Conventional farms
	n = 42,517		n = 293,554
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Carcase weight (kg)	305.6	52.62	318.1	56.55
Carcase conformation score¹	4.3	4.89	5.0	5.48
Carcase fatness score²	7.0	2.14	7.6	2.28

SD standard deviation
¹Conformation score 3 = P + , 4 = O-, 5 = O, 6 = O + , 7 = R- according to the EUROP carcase classification scheme, with higher scores for more developed muscles
²Fatness score 7 = ”3- “, 8 = ”3″, 9 = ”3 + ”, 10 = ”4- “, 11 = ”4″ according to the EUROP carcase classification scheme, with higher scores for more fat on the carcase

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