ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION ANIMAL blood has many uses in the food, feed, laboratory, medical, industrial, and fertilizer areas, and some of these uses are sum marized in Table 9.1.
Effective removal of blood during slaughter is required by the Moslem and Jewish ritual slaughter procedure and is probably historically based on the fact that carcasses of improperly bled animals discolor more quickly and have reduced keeping qualities. Despite this, blood is usually sterile in a healthy animal and is high (17-18%) in protein that is reasonably well balanced in amino acid composition.
