Towards automatic interpretation of sheep ultrasound scans

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 309-315

  Glasbey, C A ^a   Abdalla, I ^b   Simm, G ^c  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Fat; Longissimus dorsi; Sheep; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030123783     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014624     Document Type: Article

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