Method for detecting poor meat quality in live animals
US5458418A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention provides methods of detecting poor meat quality in live animals using infrared thermography. In cattle, animals whose thermographs are predominantly outside the test temperature range, 28.degree.-32.degree..+-.2.degree. C., are rejected as having a high probability of producing poor meat quality. In swine, the test temperature range is 24.degree.-26.degree..+-.2.degree. C.
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