Pou 2-1 (12-07) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 31, 2007, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call Fleming Gibson at 202-690-3237, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 3 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during November 2007 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.57 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the amount certified in November 2006. The October 2007 revised certified total at 4.00 billion pounds, was up 6 percent from October 2006. The October revision represented an increase of 7.96 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during November 2007 was 4.81 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 4.67 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.07 billion pounds, up 3 percent from November 2006. Mature chickens, at 64.7 million pounds, were up slightly from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 660 million pounds, up 3 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 15.7 million pounds, down 1 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during November 2007 averaged 5.63 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from November 2006. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.03 pounds per bird, down 5 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during November 2007 averaged 27.7 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from November 2006. Ante-mortem condemnations during November 2007 totaled 14.3 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.30 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.33 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 41.6 million pounds, were 1.15 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.24 percent a year earlier. November 2007 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and 4 Saturdays, while November 2006 had 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Special Note Due to a policy change, the Poultry Slaughter annual report, which will be released at 8:30a.m. ET on February 28, 2008, will now contain two years of revisions. This change will align the Poultry Slaughter annual report with the Livestock Slaughter annual report which already contains two years of revisions. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov :Nov :Oct :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006:2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 715,655 811,386 722,861 101 89 8,158,493 8,183,960 100 Mature : 10,161 12,171 10,714 105 88 121,296 121,638 100 Light : 3,663 4,781 4,502 123 94 49,829 51,250 103 Heavy : 6,498 7,390 6,212 96 84 71,467 70,388 98 Total : 725,816 823,557 733,575 101 89 8,279,789 8,305,598 100 : Turkeys : Young : 23,266 26,265 23,647 102 90 233,643 242,328 104 Old : 244 179 207 85 116 2,391 2,036 85 Total : 23,510 26,444 23,854 101 90 236,034 244,364 104 : Ducks : 2,362 2,390 2,321 98 97 25,676 25,083 98 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :3,951,868 4,553,443 4,070,449 103 89 44,608,024 45,034,455 101 Mature : 64,470 74,995 64,654 100 86 743,911 733,592 99 Light : 12,467 15,807 15,088 121 95 166,396 168,953 102 Heavy : 52,003 59,188 49,566 95 84 577,515 564,639 98 Total :4,016,338 4,628,438 4,135,103 103 89 45,351,935 45,768,047 101 : Turkeys : Young : 631,914 727,448 654,021 103 90 6,581,693 6,859,610 104 Old : 6,410 4,612 5,527 86 120 62,808 53,050 84 Total : 638,324 732,060 659,548 103 90 6,644,501 6,912,660 104 : Ducks : 15,849 16,088 15,723 99 98 172,526 168,728 98 Other : Poultry 2/: 407 1,008 394 97 39 5,939 5,420 91 : Total : Poultry :4,670,918 5,377,594 4,810,768 103 89 52,174,901 52,854,855 101 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.52 5.61 5.63 102 100 5.47 5.50 101 Mature : 6.34 6.16 6.03 95 98 6.13 6.03 98 Light : 3.40 3.31 3.35 99 101 3.34 3.30 99 Heavy : 8.00 8.01 7.98 100 100 8.08 8.02 99 Total : 5.53 5.62 5.64 102 100 5.48 5.51 101 : Turkeys : Young : 27.16 27.70 27.66 102 100 28.17 28.31 100 Old : 26.27 25.77 26.70 102 104 26.27 26.06 99 Total : 27.15 27.68 27.65 102 100 28.15 28.29 100 : Ducks : 6.71 6.73 6.77 101 101 6.72 6.73 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov :Oct :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : : Chickens : Young :2,614,858 3,028,165 2,709,911 104 89 29,866,417 29,859,525 100 Mature : 40,280 47,165 40,303 100 85 463,417 454,401 98 Light : 6,414 8,362 7,652 119 92 84,783 86,719 102 Heavy : 33,866 38,803 32,651 96 84 378,634 367,682 97 Total :2,655,138 3,075,330 2,750,214 104 89 30,329,834 30,313,926 100 : Turkeys : Young : 298,360 348,490 320,095 107 92 2,934,102 3,108,395 106 Old : 3,241 2,083 2,889 89 139 38,617 31,000 80 Total : 301,601 350,573 322,984 107 92 2,972,719 3,139,395 106 : Ducks : 5,302 5,797 5,735 108 99 61,296 59,352 97 Other : Poultry 2/: 155 178 173 112 97 1,790 1,913 107 : Total : Poultry :2,962,196 3,431,878 3,079,106 104 90 33,365,639 33,514,586 100 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 283,567 326,669 284,197 100 87 3,160,136 3,189,924 101 Mature : 312 398 869 279 218 4,263 5,324 125 Light : 8 672 8,400 181 736 407 Heavy : 304 398 197 65 49 4,082 4,588 112 Total : 283,879 327,067 285,066 100 87 3,164,399 3,195,248 101 : Turkeys : Young : 201,314 229,292 200,057 99 87 2,276,622 2,328,421 102 Old : 1,667 1,393 1,344 81 96 9,299 9,097 98 Total : 202,981 230,685 201,401 99 87 2,285,921 2,337,518 102 : Ducks : 5,996 5,676 5,465 91 96 62,192 61,356 99 Other : Poultry 2/: 79 371 73 92 20 1,554 1,269 82 : Total : Poultry : 492,935 563,799 492,005 100 87 5,514,066 5,595,391 101 : Total : Chilled and: Frozen : : Chickens : Young :2,898,425 3,354,834 2,994,108 103 89 33,026,553 33,049,449 100 Mature : 40,592 47,563 41,172 101 87 467,680 459,725 98 Light : 6,422 8,362 8,324 130 100 84,964 87,455 103 Heavy : 34,170 39,201 32,848 96 84 382,716 372,270 97 Total :2,939,017 3,402,397 3,035,280 103 89 33,494,233 33,509,174 100 : Turkeys : Young : 499,674 577,782 520,152 104 90 5,210,724 5,436,816 104 Old : 4,908 3,476 4,233 86 122 47,916 40,097 84 Total : 504,582 581,258 524,385 104 90 5,258,640 5,476,913 104 : Ducks : 11,298 11,473 11,200 99 98 123,488 120,708 98 Other : Poultry 2/: 234 549 246 105 45 3,344 3,182 95 : Total : Poultry :3,455,131 3,995,677 3,571,111 103 89 38,879,705 39,109,977 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,003 13,774 11,902 92 86 154,997 155,736 100 Mature : 809 1,126 882 109 78 11,127 13,459 121 Light : 178 201 216 121 107 3,308 3,738 113 Heavy : 631 925 666 106 72 7,819 9,721 124 Total :13,812 14,900 12,784 93 86 166,124 169,195 102 : Turkeys : Young : 1,560 1,772 1,441 92 81 19,158 20,127 105 Old : 54 27 32 59 119 706 657 93 Total : 1,614 1,799 1,473 91 82 19,864 20,784 105 : Ducks : 38 38 30 79 79 421 419 100 Other Poultry : 1 8 2 200 25 10 21 210 : Total Poultry :15,465 16,745 14,289 92 85 186,419 190,419 102 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.33 0.30 0.29 88 97 0.35 0.35 100 Mature : 1.25 1.50 1.36 109 91 1.50 1.83 122 Light : 1.43 1.27 1.43 100 113 1.99 2.21 111 Heavy : 1.21 1.56 1.34 111 86 1.35 1.72 127 Total : 0.34 0.32 0.31 91 97 0.37 0.37 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.24 0.22 88 92 0.29 0.29 100 Old : 0.84 0.59 0.58 69 98 1.12 1.24 111 Total : 0.25 0.25 0.22 88 88 0.30 0.30 100 : Ducks : 0.24 0.24 0.19 79 79 0.24 0.25 104 Other Poultry : 0.25 0.79 0.51 204 65 0.17 0.39 229 : Total Poultry : 0.33 0.31 0.30 91 97 0.36 0.36 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :31,493 32,150 30,040 95 93 375,773 361,754 96 Mature : 2,974 3,551 2,913 98 82 32,418 34,052 105 Light : 1,093 1,171 1,030 94 88 13,448 12,361 92 Heavy : 1,881 2,380 1,883 100 79 18,970 21,691 114 Total :34,467 35,701 32,953 96 92 408,191 395,806 97 : Turkeys : Young : 8,387 9,467 8,040 96 85 95,134 94,281 99 Old : 259 227 231 89 102 2,610 2,742 105 Total : 8,646 9,694 8,271 96 85 97,744 97,023 99 : Ducks : 355 373 351 99 94 4,175 3,582 86 Other Poultry : 5 11 4 80 36 72 74 103 : Total Poultry :43,473 45,779 41,579 96 91 510,182 496,485 97 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.07 0.95 0.99 92 105 1.12 1.08 96 Mature : 6.83 6.95 6.61 97 95 6.48 6.90 106 Light : 14.54 12.28 11.01 76 90 13.67 12.38 91 Heavy : 5.22 5.72 5.42 104 95 4.72 5.51 117 Total : 1.16 1.04 1.07 93 103 1.20 1.17 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.65 1.61 1.52 92 94 1.79 1.70 95 Old : 5.01 6.13 5.17 103 84 5.17 6.40 124 Total : 1.68 1.64 1.55 92 95 1.82 1.74 95 : Ducks : 3.05 3.15 3.04 100 97 3.27 2.88 88 Other Poultry : 2.09 1.96 1.60 76 81 2.11 2.27 108 : Total Poultry : 1.24 1.13 1.15 93 102 1.30 1.25 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 99,655 88,912 562,235 500,041 5.64 5.62 AR : 104,847 91,668 578,704 505,010 5.52 5.51 DE : 26,928 24,418 182,501 167,851 6.78 6.87 GA : 119,608 107,067 642,545 576,330 5.37 5.38 KY : 27,545 24,008 152,768 132,343 5.55 5.51 LA : 18,067 16,317 106,801 97,838 5.91 6.00 MD : 13,237 12,682 64,511 61,255 4.87 4.83 MS : 70,480 62,342 401,107 356,376 5.69 5.72 MO : 37,507 33,492 180,578 160,211 4.81 4.78 NC : 63,475 57,445 439,958 404,051 6.93 7.03 OH : 4,218 4,146 23,401 23,741 5.55 5.73 PA : 10,960 9,527 62,366 55,275 5.69 5.80 SC : 27,076 24,305 171,535 155,021 6.34 6.38 TN : 25,380 21,989 130,375 114,465 5.14 5.21 TX : 59,316 53,145 318,582 284,933 5.37 5.36 VA : 27,927 25,002 145,307 130,949 5.20 5.24 : Oth Sts : 75,160 66,396 390,169 344,759 5.19 5.19 : US : 811,386 722,861 4,553,443 4,070,449 5.61 5.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 412,074 365,429 3,535 3,446 0.85 0.93 AR : 420,226 364,173 4,644 4,348 1.09 1.18 DE : 131,489 120,838 1,851 1,683 1.39 1.37 GA : 481,258 429,179 3,374 3,523 0.70 0.81 KY : 112,256 95,863 783 712 0.69 0.74 LA : 78,380 71,702 402 426 0.51 0.59 MD : 47,256 44,685 653 597 1.36 1.32 MS : 293,136 261,482 2,661 2,368 0.90 0.90 MO : 132,691 117,754 1,142 1,194 0.85 1.00 NC : 336,630 309,608 4,150 3,775 1.22 1.20 OH : 16,916 17,296 319 304 1.85 1.73 PA : 42,005 37,797 913 615 2.13 1.60 SC : 126,183 114,168 922 926 0.73 0.80 TN : 94,316 82,621 858 802 0.90 0.96 TX : 242,760 217,292 2,051 1,944 0.84 0.89 VA : 101,681 91,910 674 599 0.66 0.65 : Oth Sts : 285,577 252,311 3,218 2,778 1.11 1.09 : US : 3,354,834 2,994,108 32,150 30,040 0.95 0.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : * * 94,479 86,300 AR : 403 482 132,517 127,561 DE : 576 * 88,322 77,484 GA : 321 303 80,494 81,947 KY : * * 36,765 30,876 LA : * * 14,699 12,383 MD : 233 * 30,490 31,233 MS : * * 37,481 32,986 MO : 440 738 64,290 66,901 NC : 301 240 85,129 83,792 OH : 6,678 7,046 PA : 56 78 18,156 17,024 SC : * * 7,470 8,144 TN : * * 47,267 41,117 TX : * 60 38,237 40,167 VA : * * 26,151 23,146 : Oth Sts : 1,688 2,695 201,090 177,811 : US : 4,018 4,596 1,009,715 945,918 : Mature : Light : 1,323 1,263 144,674 129,665 Heavy : 597 513 42,478 31,260 : US : 1,920 1,776 187,152 160,925 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 35,258 61,926 437 428 * * AR : 19,791 24,994 2,003 1,410 2,423 1,897 DE : 19,663 23,766 69 49 * * GA : 54,493 81,569 424 202 8,601 6,934 KY : * * * * * * LA : 2,978 2,953 * * 225 238 MD : 21,272 22,574 * * * * MS : 14,497 21,130 225 148 834 792 MO : 6,684 12,229 * 236 1,631 1,489 NC : 27,540 38,528 97 87 9,936 9,583 OH : * 1,721 * * 106 96 PA : 8,661 9,878 35 * 186 241 SC : 4,652 5,920 * * * * TN : 17,027 21,081 43 125 648 565 TX : 7,022 10,257 * * 1,066 951 VA : 7,427 8,686 * 17 * * : Oth Sts : 39,904 37,460 1,623 1,388 33,461 34,174 : US : 286,869 384,672 4,956 4,090 59,117 56,960 : Mature : Light : 34,110 26,592 138 158 56,866 53,600 Heavy : 1,996 1,066 146 111 7,727 6,401 : US : 36,106 27,658 284 269 64,593 60,001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 2,180 1,923 11,620 10,570 15,779 14,862 AR : 3,830 3,604 16,540 13,291 23,264 19,096 DE : 1,678 1,394 5,131 3,970 8,697 5,711 GA : 1,873 1,520 28,250 26,612 13,482 12,745 KY : 183 129 3,602 3,619 4,921 3,645 LA : 222 * 2,758 1,672 1,533 * MD : 1,313 1,182 2,419 2,957 * * MS : 1,223 * 2,829 3,192 3,224 3,558 MO : 938 958 4,291 4,342 9,214 9,028 NC : 1,959 1,568 16,911 20,545 21,061 13,943 OH : * * 738 * 464 403 PA : 547 549 * 1,300 5,119 2,131 SC : 853 740 2,266 1,864 * 1,549 TN : 651 638 1,498 1,829 3,065 2,594 TX : 598 479 5,699 4,971 5,233 5,538 VA : 1,046 780 3,011 2,319 3,518 3,231 : Oth Sts : 2,874 3,928 13,802 13,180 39,950 39,786 : US : 21,968 19,392 121,365 116,233 158,524 137,820 : Mature : Light : 11,046 10,653 1,582 1,611 82,193 78,902 Heavy : 1,142 790 6,490 3,463 15,630 11,533 : US : 12,188 11,443 8,072 5,074 97,823 90,435 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 11,053 6,537 116,909 120,864 292,110 308,450 AR : 5,551 2,822 108,858 99,666 315,180 294,823 DE : 2,243 * * * 172,245 150,609 GA : 5,647 4,902 59,360 71,337 252,945 288,071 KY : 208 349 13,226 * 82,823 74,597 LA : 46 43 4,135 * 26,689 35,579 MD : 1,364 * * * * * MS : * * 55,474 47,283 117,297 111,222 MO : * 278 65,026 62,316 153,153 158,515 NC : 11,203 6,540 85,689 57,880 259,826 232,706 OH : * * * * * * PA : 46 * * * 65,896 52,643 SC : 2,364 1,586 34,425 39,675 55,149 60,516 TN : * * 3,870 2,836 75,340 72,166 TX : 2,113 * 47,586 46,832 107,966 111,261 VA : * 1,528 19,551 15,586 65,176 58,950 : Oth Sts : 12,415 17,885 244,745 221,506 537,844 487,824 : US : 54,253 42,470 858,854 785,781 2,579,639 2,497,932 : Mature : Light : 873 797 76,376 68,058 409,181 371,299 Heavy : 567 354 86,404 75,054 163,177 130,545 : US : 1,440 1,151 162,780 143,112 572,358 501,844 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add to total for "Other States." Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,567 3,271 70,324 62,596 19.71 19.14 MN : 3,500 3,290 95,157 88,862 27.19 27.01 MO : 1,690 1,319 52,875 41,375 31.28 31.37 : Oth Sts : 17,508 15,767 509,092 461,188 29.08 29.25 : US : 26,265 23,647 727,448 654,021 27.70 27.66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 57,858 51,205 864 756 1.47 1.45 MN : 76,012 70,997 1,567 1,483 2.02 2.05 MO : 41,734 32,779 862 624 2.02 1.87 : Oth Sts : 402,178 365,171 6,174 5,177 1.51 1.40 : US : 577,782 520,152 9,467 8,040 1.61 1.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, October 2007-November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 24 34 2 Septicaemia : 70,489 65,941 1,402 2,561 Airsacculitis : 8,230 6,145 341 501 Synovitis : 2,948 2,794 5 32 Tumors : 111 159 92 138 Bruises : 496 428 9 4 Cadaver : 3,618 3,467 42 59 Contamination : 4,001 3,546 73 75 Overscald : 1,752 1,958 16 3 Other : 22,329 25,477 2,082 1,049 : Total : 113,998 109,949 4,064 4,422 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected (FI) plants. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The number of head slaughtered daily, by species and class, as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights are obtained by shift for each plant. Approximately 305 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2006. Young chickens were slaughtered in 35 States, young turkeys in 26 States. Revision Policy: Data for the previous month and year-to-date totals are subject to revision the following month after the initial monthly estimates are published. Final data are published in the annual summary released in February and include any revisions made to current year's and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports or corrections received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after publication of the annual summary in February. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are included. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. State data are published using selected States for young chickens and young turkeys. Data for all States not published are included in the "Other States" category. Also included in this category are data for published States that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all States are included in the U.S. totals. Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates: Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Ducks - Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. Included with young turkeys. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. Old Turkeys - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry Chilled or Frozen - Includes all other ready-to-cook products which bear the USDA Inspected for Wholesomeness legend. Post-Mortem Condemnations - Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Young Chickens - Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. Young Turkeys - Young birds grown to a matured market age, about 5 months. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. 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