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Animal Refresher, Meat Science
Tanning Sheep Skin with Fish Oil
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Question (English)
The process of tanning sheep skin with fish oil to make it soft & pliable is known as:
- Bruising
- Shammoying ✓ Correct
- Flaying
- Rendering
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Shammoying
Shammoying (also spelled Chamoiseing) is the process of tanning sheep skin with fish oil to make it soft and pliable. The product — chamois leather — is used in cleaning, polishing, and as a soft leather good.
Skin/Hide Processing Terms
- Shammoying → Tanning sheep skin with fish oil
- Flaying → Removal of hide/skin from carcass
- Rendering → Recovery of fat from dead carcass by heat
- Hide → Skin of cattle & buffalo
- Rind → Skin of pig
- Sole leather → Obtained from the butt area of hide
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