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Predicting the slaughter characteristics of finished beef cattle using a live animal digital image analysis system under typical on-farm management conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

J J Hyslop ,
D W Ross ,
C P Schofield ,
E A Navajas ,
R Roehe  and
G Simm
J J Hyslop*
Affiliation:
SAC Select Services, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK
D W Ross
Affiliation:
SAC Animal Breeding & Development, SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
C P Schofield
Affiliation:
Silsoe Livestock Systems Ltd, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford, UK
E A Navajas
Affiliation:
SAC Animal Breeding & Development, SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
R Roehe
Affiliation:
SAC Animal Breeding & Development, SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
G Simm
Affiliation:
SAC Animal Breeding & Development, SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
*
Email: jimmy.hyslop@sac.co.uk
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Previous work has suggested that dimensional data obtained from digital image analysis (DIA) has potential to predict the slaughter liveweights of finished beef cattle (Hyslop et al, 2008). Both farmers and cattle buyers may benefit from being able to select animals to meet slaughter specifications more accurately on-farm. The objective of the current study was to assess the feasibility of an on-farm DIA system to predict a number of characteristics in beef steers at slaughter.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2009 , April 2009 , pp. 139
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2009

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Hyslop, JJ, Ross, DW, Schofield, CP, Navajas, EA, Roehe, R. and Simm, G. 2008. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p50.Google Scholar