Measurement of rib-eye area by the method of digital images

This study evaluated the correlation between measurements of rib-eye areas of sheep carcasses by traditional methods and those obtained by scanned images. Thirty pictures of the longissimus dorsi muscle of sheep carcasses were drawn on tracing paper and analyzed for muscle area (rib-eye) using four...

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Main Authors: Otoniel Geter Lauz Ferreira, Fábio Diniz Rossi, Régis Antônio Teixeira Coelho, Vivian Francieli Fucilini, Marlova Benedetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000300047