Coupling of Image Analysis and Tenderness Classification to Simultaneously Evaluate Carcass Cutability, Longissimus Area, Subprimal Cut Weights, and Tenderness of Beef

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2631-2640

  Shackelford, S D ^a   Wheeler, T L ^a   Koohmaraie, M ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcasses; Cutability; Instrumentation; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032176648     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102631x     Document Type: Article

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