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Shrink

Last Updated: May 15, 2012

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Shrink- Loss of weight commonly used in the loss in liveweight when animals are marketed. It is usually expressed as the percentage of liveweight loss.

Major factors affecting shrinkage:

  • time in transit
  • distance
  • weather
  • handling methods
  • type of feed fed

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