25 May 2011

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In comparison with the previous month, in March 2011, the slaughter of pigs increased by almost 32 per cent, of cattle by about 19 per cent and of poultry by about 14 per cent.

In the same comparison, the weight of dressed carcases was higher for all types of animals slaughtered. The total weight of dressed carcasses of pigs slaughtered in March 2011 increased by almost 32 per cent, of poultry by about 26 per cent and of cattle by almost 20 per cent.

Compared to March 2010, in March 2011 the slaughter of poultry decreased by about 10 per cent, of cattle by about nine per cent and of pigs by almost three per cent.

Compared to March 2010, the total weight of dressed carcases of cattle slaughtered in March 2011 decreased by about eight per cent, of pigs by almost eight per cent and of poultry by about six per cent.

In March 2011, 234 heads of imported cattle were slaughtered in Slovene slaughterhouses (exactly 36 per cent more than in the previous month); their total dressed carcass weight was 20 tons or about 32 per cent more than in the previous month. The animals, calves, were imported from Hungary.

In March 2011, the same as in the previous month, no imported pigs were slaughtered in Slovene slaughterhouses.

Table 1: Livestock slaughter in slaughterhouses, Slovenia, March 2011
	Slaughtered animals	Weight of dressed carcasses
	number	total (t)	average (kg)
Cattle	10,599	3,052	287.99
Pigs	25,484	2,182	85.64
Poultry	2,659,350	5,002	1.88
Source: SORS, MAFF, VARS

Table 2: Indices of number and carcass weight of slaughtered livestock, Slovenia, March 2011
	III 2011 II 2011		III 2011 III 2010
	number	weight	number	weight
Cattle	119.2	119.6	91.4	91.6
Pigs	131.6	131.9	97.2	92.2
Poultry	114.3	125.5	90.5	93.8
Source: SORS, MAFF, VARS

Chart 1: Weight of dressed carcass of slaughtered livestock in slaughterhouses, Slovenia, March 2010 - March 2011
Graph: SORS, MAFF, VARS

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