Predicting pork carcass and primal lean content from electromagnetic scans

Meat Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Berg, Eric P ^a   Asfaw, Amha ^a   Ellersieck, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Electromagnetic scanning; Pork

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCANNING; PORK;

BONE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MARKETING; OILS AND FATS; PACKING PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING;

MEATS;

EID: 0036133747     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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