Comparison of different devices for predicting the lean meat percentage of pig carcasses

Meat Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 443-446

  Font i Furnols, Maria ^a   Gispert, Marina ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration; Classification devices; Lean meat percentage; Pig carcass classification; Prediction error; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 69549097621     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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