Establishing an appropriate mode of comparison for measuring the performance of marbling score output from video image analysis beef carcass grading systems

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2464-2475

  Moore, C B ^a   Bass, P D ^b   Green, M D ^c   Chapman, P L ^c   O'Connor, M E ^d   Yates, L D ^d   Scanga, J A ^e   Tatum, J D ^c   Smithy, G C ^c   Belk, K E ^c  

^a CARGILL INC   (United States)

^b Certified Angus Beef LLC   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d Marketing Services Division   (United States)

^e ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Instrumentation; Marbling; Prediction; United States Department of Agriculture quality grade; Video image analysis

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; ANALYSIS; BOVINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953769471     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2593     Document Type: Article

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