Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / J.F. O’Grady -- General Introduction / J.F. O’Grady -- Breed Influences on the Validity of Grading Results and the Effect of Different Systems on Meat Quality / W. Branscheid , E. Sack , Elisabeth Gründl , and L. Dempfle -- Automated Grading Probes for Pigs Currently in Use In Europe, Their Accuracy, Costs and Ease of Use / P. Walstra -- Errors in Carcass Lean Prediction with Special Reference to the EC Grading Scheme / A.J. Kempster and G.L. Cook -- New Techniques for Assessment of Pig Carcasses - Video and Ultrasonic Systems / Paul B Newman and Jeffrey D Wood -- Incorporating Meat Quality in Grading Systems for Pigs / I. Hansson and K. Lundström -- Newer Techniques in Live Evaluation of Pigs / P. Allen and O. Vangen -- Electronic Grading of Pig Carcasses: The Canadian Experience / A. Fortin -- Yugoslav Pig Carcass Evaluation and Grading System Including Lean Meat Content / A. Sreckovic , M. Nikolic , and V. Brundza -- Pig Carcass Classification Using Automatic Probes in Spain / A. Diestre , M. Gispert , and M.A. Oliver -- Computer Tomography, A Non-Destructive Method of Carcass Evaluation / E. Sehested and O. Vangen -- Indirect Methods for Estimation of Per Cent Lean Meat in Pig Carcasses of Different Breeds / Hans Busk.

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