Estimation of carcass composition and cut composition from computed tomography images of live growing pigs of different genotypes

The aim of the present work was (1) to study the relationship between cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) images obtained in live growing pigs of different genotypes and dissection measurements and (2) to estimate carcass composition and cut composition from CT measurements. Sixty gilts from th...

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Main Authors: Maria Font-i-Furnols, Anna Carabús, Candido Pomar, Marina Gispert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002237