veal
Sign in to savethumb|Veal is the meat from calves, often dairy breeds thumb|A cut of veal Shank (meat)|shank thumb|Veal carcasses at the Marché d'Intérêt National de Rungis|Rungis International Market, France (2011) Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed; however, most veal comes from young male calves of dairy breeds which are not used for breeding. Generally, veal is more expensive by mass than beef from older cattle. Veal production is a way to add value to dairy bull calves and to utilize whey solids, a byproduct
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19 sectionsContents
- Definitions and types
- Culinary uses
- Production
- Animal welfare
- Restricted space
- Abnormal gut development
- Abnormal behaviours
- Increased disease susceptibility
- Veal crates
- Cruelty to calves
- Drug use
- Crate bans
- Europe
- United States
- Nutrition and health effects
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Veal is the meat from calves, often dairy breeds thumb|A cut of veal Shank (meat)|shank thumb|Veal carcasses at the Marché d'Intérêt National de Rungis|Rungis International Market, France (2011) Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed; however, most veal comes from young male calves of dairy breeds which are not used for breeding. Generally, veal is more expensive by mass than beef from older cattle. Veal production is a way to add value to dairy bull calves and to utilize whey solids, a byproduct from the manufacturing of cheese.
==Definitions and types== thumb|right|Free-raised calves