BOBBY CALVES FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH.
The increased demand for milk and the current high prices, have seen a trade for veal develop in Pakistan, derived from its 800,000 buffalo herd.The average calf will consume 15 liters of milk a day, this is now no longer practical in financial terms.
The calves are taken from the mother at birth and go for immediate slaughter, producing white bobby calf veal.
This was an industry pioneered in England over 100 years ago and up until 1975,there were 1,000 bobby calves sold every morning, on Smithfield Market in London.The main calves for slaughter being dairy stock bull calves, that were no good for beef production Jerseys, Guernsey’s and Ayreshires in the main.
Friesen and Holstein calves are now fattened for beef or intensive veal production.
The last frontier of the bobby calf trade is Victoria, Australia, where some 40,000 calves a week are slaughtered, between April and September from the dairy herds.
The stomachs of these baby calves are called Rennet’s and the essence of rennet is extracted for cheese making
The butchers in Pakistan are selling the white veal at less money than poultry and mutton, therefore demand is strong for this new delicious meat.
