1.   The abattoirs are licensed to slaughter cattle not destined for the food chain.

2.   Acadian farms were razed, their lands flooded, their cattle slaughtered and French inhabitants driven from the colony.

3.   Also, cattle here are slaughtered while still young, before the number of infectious particles has a chance to climb.

4.   Also, most ranches slaughter their cattle in May or June.

5.   Cattle were slaughtered.

6.   However, said Nix, cattle being slaughtered are heavier than they were several years ago, in part because of new breeding techniques.

7.   Meatpackers slaughtered fewer cattle this week than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, leading to a backup of animals in feedlots.

8.   One idea would be to start slaughtering the cattle now and sell their meat.

9.   Production was down in November in part because the month had fewer working days this year for workers to slaughter cattle.

10.   Schools were closed, prime cattle were slaughtered by the ton, huge factories were shut without a second thought.