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. 2021 May 17;11(2):3–5. doi: 10.1093/af/vfab006

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Figure 1. — Thirty-five to 50% of the live weight of animals harvested in the United States is not used for human food. For example, 45% of the live weight of hogs, 49% of the live weight of cattle, and 37% of the live weight of chickens are not consumed by humans (Meeker and Hamilton, 2006).