[HTML][HTML] An interdisciplinary review of body condition scoring for dairy cattle

JM Bewley, MM Schutz - The professional animal scientist, 2008 - Elsevier
In this review, methods for assessing energy reserves, the role of assigning BCS in dairy
management, and the impact of varying BCS on animal productivity, health, and …

New trends in food processing

FJ Señorans, E Ibáñez, A Cifuentes - Critical reviews in food …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
In this work some of the newest trends in food processing are reviewed. This revision
intends to provide an updated overview (including works published until February 2001) on …

Industrial applications of computed tomography

L De Chiffre, S Carmignato, JP Kruth, R Schmitt… - CIRP annals, 2014 - Elsevier
The number of industrial applications of Computed Tomography (CT) is large and rapidly
increasing. After a brief market overview, the paper gives a survey of state of the art and …

[HTML][HTML] Rear shape in 3 dimensions summarized by principal component analysis is a good predictor of body condition score in Holstein dairy cows

A Fischer, T Luginbühl, L Delattre, JM Delouard… - Journal of dairy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Body condition is an indirect estimation of the level of body reserves, and its variation
reflects cumulative variation in energy balance. It interacts with reproductive and health …

Estimation in vivo of the body and carcass chemical composition of growing lambs by real-time ultrasonography

SR Silva, MJ Gomes, A Dias-da-Silva… - Journal of Animal …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between ultrasound measurements and empty body and carcass chemical
composition was investigated. A 500-V real-time ultrasound with a 7.5-MHz probe combined …

In vivo estimation of sheep carcass composition using real-time ultrasound with two probes of 5 and 7.5 MHz and image analysis

SR Silva, JJ Afonso, VA Santos… - Journal of animal …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ultrasonic measurements were taken on 46 sheep using a real-time ultrasound machine
equipped with 2 probes (5 and 7.5 MHz). Measurements of subcutaneous fat thickness (SC) …

[LIBRO][B] Bio-imaging: principles, techniques, and applications

R Vadivambal, DS Jayas - 2015 - books.google.com
This text describes in detail the various kinds of imaging techniques available, principles of
imaging, components of various imaging systems, and applications of imaging techniques in …

Body composition analysis of the pig by magnetic resonance imaging

AD Mitchell, AM Scholz, PC Wange… - Journal of Animal …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to measure, in vivo, the volume of several
organs and tissues of a total of 111 pigs (males and females) ranging in BW from 6.1 to 97.2 …

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

AB Doeschl-Wilson, DM Green, AV Fisher, SM Carroll… - Meat Science, 2005 - Elsevier
The performance of a visual image analysis (VIA) system was tested with regards to its
potential to determine in vivo carcass composition and conformation, either alone, or in …

Quantification of muscle, subcutaneous fat and intermuscular fat in pig carcasses and cuts by magnetic resonance imaging

M Monziols, G Collewet, M Bonneau, F Mariette… - Meat science, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the suitability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
to predict tissue composition of pig carcasses and cuts. Twenty-four pig carcasses were cut …