The relationship between body dimensions of living pigs and their carcass composition

Meat Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Doeschl Wilson, A B ^a,g   Green, D M ^b   Fisher, A V ^c   Carroll, S M ^d   Schofield, C P ^e   Whittemore, C T ^f  

^a PIC International Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body shape; Carcass composition; Conformation; Pigs; Visual image analysis

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CARCASS COMPOSITION; CONFORMATION; PIGS; VISUAL IMAGE ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MUSCLE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

MEATS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 15344340440     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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