Composition and biological activities of slaughterhouse blood from red deer, …

Abstract BACKGROUND:Animal blood is a large-volume by-product of the meat industry. Besides blood meal fertiliser, blood is marketed for humanconsumption as a supplement.Minimal comparativework on slaughterhouse animal blood fractions has been carried out. In this study, slaughterhouse deer, sheep, pig and cattle blood parameters were compared. Some blood constituents were determined. Fraction…