Comparison of ultrasonic measurement of backfat depth on live pigs and carcasses with a digital recording instrument

• Published in: Meat science
• Main Authors: Greer E.B, Lowe T.W, Giles L.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: backfat; cerdo; instrument de mesure; instrumentos de medicion; lard gras; measuring instruments; porcin; swine; tocino dorsal; ultrason; ultrasonics; ultrasonido

A hand-held digital recording ultrasonic backfat tester (Sonalyser) was used on 200 live pigs and their carcases to predict carcase P2 backfat depth measured with the Introscope optical probe. Readings on live pigs approximated to the P2 site on the carcase and tattooed. Sonalyser and Introscope rea...