The databases

These databases have been developed within the framework of the project "Biophysical allocation of meat co-products", carried out in collaboration between INRAE, Idele, and Célène, and financed by Interbev between June 2019 and June 2020. They are the subject of:

• Un Data Paper : Allocation factors for meat coproducts : dataset to perform life cycle assessment at slaughterhouse Journal Title : Data in Brief Corresponding Author : Dr. Aurelie wilfart Tous les auteurs : Samuel Le Féon ; Joël Aubin ; Armelle Gac ; Lapasin Christophe ; Aurelie wilfart.
• A provision on the INRAE Dataverse Dataverse INRAE 

These data represent an important summary of the body composition of cattle and sheep, as well as the breakdown of carcasses into different co-products. They provide a number of useful elements for those interested in meat co-products, and for users of the Life Cycle Assessment method to calculate the environmental impacts of meat co-products.
They include:

• The reference data for body compositions and allocation models :
  Body composition
• Allocation factors for different categories of animals (young cattle, heifers, cull cows, steers) for different breeds (Normand, Charolais, Primholstein, Limousin, Blond d'Aquitaine, Salers, Rouge des prés, and crossbreeds), and according to their main rearing methods:
  Allocation factor cattle breeds
• Allocation factors for different categories of calves (pink or under the mother) for different breeds and crosses:
  Allocation factors calves
• Allocation factors for different categories of sheep:
  Weighting Cattle Breeds
• Weightings between co-products to carry out LCAs on :
  • The different categories of cattle: Weighting Cattle Breeds
  • The different categories of calves: Weighting factors calves
  • The different categories of sheep: Weighting factors ovine
• Breakdowns between major types of co-products for :
  • The different categories of cattle: Destination share cattle breeds
  • The different categories of calves: Destination share calves
  • The different categories of sheep: Destination share Ovine