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overvieW of food animal slaughter in the united states
NC 194.8 0.8 11,318.0 6.6 14.4
ND 11.8 152.2 0.6
OH 103.6 1.4 1,114.9 14.0
OK 27.7 0.7 4,902.8 0.7
OR 25.8 0.1 200.6 21.7 3.3
PA 858.5 178.1 2,959.9 55.0 31.9
SC 154.3
SD 4,358.1 14.3
TN 15.3 1.2 637.1 12.8 27.1
TX 6,484.8 10.1 378.5 62.9 32.9
UT 634.4 0.1 47.1 33.1
VA 11.4 0.7 2,065.3 11.2 7.8
WA 937.9 24.8 2.1
WV 8.1 7.2 0.4
WI 1,582.5 126.9 536.6 13.0
WY 7.0 4.9 1.6
U.S. c 33,698.3 711.3 104,736.6 2,698.5 584.1
Notes
a Federally inspected slaughter only.
b N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI and VT.
c The USDA groups data for states with only one operation, even though the individual operations may be large,
to avoid disclosing identity of the operation. States with no data printed are still included in U.S. total.
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Livestock Slaughter: 2006 Summary, March 2007, pp.
29, 35, 41, 47, 53.
NASS also reports data regarding the number of birds slaughtered for food in the United
States (the FSIS currently does not provide protection for birds under the federal humane
slaughter law, as is discussed in Section 4 of this report). Table 3 below presents the
numbers of major bird species slaughtered for food in the United States in 2006. 6 Tables
4 and 5 provide a breakdown by state for the slaughter of young chickens and young
turkeys, respectively.
6 Excluded are domesticated birds killed in smaller numbers, such as guineas, ratites (ostrich, emu and rhea) and
squabs (young pigeons up to one month old), as well as traditionally non-domesticated birds, such as migratory
waterfowl and other “game” birds.
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