“What do cattle have to do with me? I don’t have any in my backyard.”
This might be your first reaction to the statement above. Many folks have a hard time connecting themselves to Agriculture and some of its products.
I came across some interesting information I thought I would pass on. A beef carcass is a lot more than steak, hamburger and roast beef. Cattle by-products are a part of many manufactured items that we use every day and their use enables us to use 99 percent of every animal.
Cattle by-products are generally broken down into three parts: edible, inedible and medical. When a steer or heifer weighs 1,200 pounds when brought to a meat packing plant you can expect that animal to dress around 60 percent. That means that about 720 pounds will be carcass weight used for meat processing and the other 480 pounds of by-products will also be processed and used. Here are some examples of how beef by-products are being used to manufacture products.
Edible by-products
Edible by-products such as liver, kidneys, tripe, sweetbreads and tongue have long been acknowledged for their high nutritive value. Most of the other edible by-products are less well known.
Fats yield oleo stock and oleo oil for margarine and shortening. Oleo stearine is used in making chewing gum and certain candies. Gelatin produced from bones and skins are used in marshmallows, ice cream, canned meats and gelatin desserts.
Intestines may provide natural sausage casings for sausages and other processed meats and rennet, used for cheese making, comes from the stomachs of young calves.
Inedible by-products
Men and women alike probably use more inedible by-products every day than they can imagine. The hide of the animal is a well known by-product most commonly used for leather and glue, but did you know that the hide also supplies felt, and even footballs, often referred to as “pigskins,” are produced from cattle hide. It also provides a base for many ointments, binders for plaster and asphalt and a base for the insulation material used to cool and heat your house.
In addition, “camel hair” artists’ brushes are not really camel hair at all, but are made from the fine hair found in the ears of cattle.
Tires have stearic acid from cattle, which makes the rubber hold its shape under continuous surface friction.
Even the asphalt on our roadways has a binding agent from beef fat. Cattle by-products are used in all sorts of mechanical items. Chemical manufacturers use numerous fatty acids from inedible beef fats and proteins for all sorts of lubricants and fluids. Bone by-products can be used for the hardening of steel, leather preparation, and fertilizers.
Medical by-products
Insulin is perhaps the best-known pharmaceutical derived from cattle. Data from the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet shows that 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, 7.8 percent of the population, have diabetes. It takes the pancreases from 26 cattle to provide enough insulin to keep one diabetic person alive for a year.
The following glands and organs are also used in medicine: adrenal, ovaries, pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary, testes and thyroid. Adrenal glands — epinephrine is extracted from the adrenal medulla and adrinocortical is extracted from the adrenal cortex. Ovaries are used as a source of estrogens and progesterone. Pancreas yields insulin and trypsin. Parathyroid hormone extract is used to prevent large scale muscular rigidity. Pituitary gland is a source of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone). Testes are a source of hyaluronidase. Thyroid is the source of thyroxine and calcitonin. Fetal calf blood is used for cancer and AIDS research. Aorta valves can be used for replacement of defective human heart valves. Bones are a source of calcium and phosphorous.
This description of cattle by-products is by no means complete. In fact, new uses are discovered almost daily. Interesting, no matter where you live.
If you have questions concerning this topic or related topics, please call the OSU Extension Center at 273-7683, stop by the office, or visit our Web site: http://countyext.okstate.edu/pottawatomie.
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“What do cattle have to do with me? I don’t have any in my backyard.”
This might be your first reaction to the statement above. Many folks have a hard time connecting themselves to Agriculture and some of its products.
I came across some interesting information I thought I would pass on. A beef carcass is a lot more than steak, hamburger and roast beef. Cattle by-products are a part of many manufactured items that we use every day and their use enables us to use 99 percent of every animal.
Cattle by-products are generally broken down into three parts: edible, inedible and medical. When a steer or heifer weighs 1,200 pounds when brought to a meat packing plant you can expect that animal to dress around 60 percent. That means that about 720 pounds will be carcass weight used for meat processing and the other 480 pounds of by-products will also be processed and used. Here are some examples of how beef by-products are being used to manufacture products.
Edible by-products
Edible by-products such as liver, kidneys, tripe, sweetbreads and tongue have long been acknowledged for their high nutritive value. Most of the other edible by-products are less well known.
Fats yield oleo stock and oleo oil for margarine and shortening. Oleo stearine is used in making chewing gum and certain candies. Gelatin produced from bones and skins are used in marshmallows, ice cream, canned meats and gelatin desserts.
Intestines may provide natural sausage casings for sausages and other processed meats and rennet, used for cheese making, comes from the stomachs of young calves.
Inedible by-products
Men and women alike probably use more inedible by-products every day than they can imagine. The hide of the animal is a well known by-product most commonly used for leather and glue, but did you know that the hide also supplies felt, and even footballs, often referred to as “pigskins,” are produced from cattle hide. It also provides a base for many ointments, binders for plaster and asphalt and a base for the insulation material used to cool and heat your house.
In addition, “camel hair” artists’ brushes are not really camel hair at all, but are made from the fine hair found in the ears of cattle.
Tires have stearic acid from cattle, which makes the rubber hold its shape under continuous surface friction.
Even the asphalt on our roadways has a binding agent from beef fat. Cattle by-products are used in all sorts of mechanical items. Chemical manufacturers use numerous fatty acids from inedible beef fats and proteins for all sorts of lubricants and fluids. Bone by-products can be used for the hardening of steel, leather preparation, and fertilizers.
Medical by-products
Insulin is perhaps the best-known pharmaceutical derived from cattle. Data from the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet shows that 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, 7.8 percent of the population, have diabetes. It takes the pancreases from 26 cattle to provide enough insulin to keep one diabetic person alive for a year.
The following glands and organs are also used in medicine: adrenal, ovaries, pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary, testes and thyroid. Adrenal glands — epinephrine is extracted from the adrenal medulla and adrinocortical is extracted from the adrenal cortex. Ovaries are used as a source of estrogens and progesterone. Pancreas yields insulin and trypsin. Parathyroid hormone extract is used to prevent large scale muscular rigidity. Pituitary gland is a source of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone). Testes are a source of hyaluronidase. Thyroid is the source of thyroxine and calcitonin. Fetal calf blood is used for cancer and AIDS research. Aorta valves can be used for replacement of defective human heart valves. Bones are a source of calcium and phosphorous.
This description of cattle by-products is by no means complete. In fact, new uses are discovered almost daily. Interesting, no matter where you live.
If you have questions concerning this topic or related topics, please call the OSU Extension Center at 273-7683, stop by the office, or visit our Web site: http://countyext.okstate.edu/pottawatomie.
