Simulation of carcass evaluation technology in a pork packing plant
A pork packing plant simulation model using the SLAM II simulation language was developed for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility of three alternative pork carcass sorting strategies. In addition, carcasses were simulated based on two different distributions of hogs representing current indust...
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Published in | Transactions of the ASAE Vol. 38; no. 2 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.03.1995
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Summary: | A pork packing plant simulation model using the SLAM II simulation language was developed for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility of three alternative pork carcass sorting strategies. In addition, carcasses were simulated based on two different distributions of hogs representing current industry variability and a more uniform leaner hog. This exercise yields estimates of potential packing plant net revenue gains from slaughtering more uniform leaner hogs. The results show that all three sorting strategies provide useful information for identifying leaner primal cuts and that the more uniform leaner distribution has heavier and leaner primal cuts and significantly more carcass value |
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Bibliography: | Q80 9549109 Q02 E70 |
ISSN: | 0001-2351 2151-0059 |
DOI: | 10.13031/2013.27871 |