blood-burn

Updated: July 5, 2026

This is a censurable practice, as the flesh, where it is thumped, will bear a red mark after the animal has been slaughtered, the mark receiving the appropriate name of blood-burn and the flesh thus affected will not take on salt, and is apt to putrefy.

Robert Jennings - Cattle and Their Diseases: Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding,: And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which: They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their: Cure