Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
10-20-2020
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a system and method of detecting woody breast using image analysis of carcass features, and more particularly to a real-time system and method of detecting woody breast in broilers using non-destructive and/or non-contact image analysis of carcass features. The system and method assess woody breast in broilers at the fillet level using image analysis of the angle or area associated with the tip of the keel bone and surrounding breast meat of broiler carcasses. The method is configured be incorporated into and utilized by vision grading system.
Department
Poultry Science; Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Patent Number
US10806153
Application Number
US 20180360054 A1
Application Published
12-20-2018
Application Filed
6-20-2018
Assignee
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)
Citation
Hanning, C. O., Sun, X., Caldas Cueva, J. P., & Mauromostakos, A. (2020). System and method for detecting woody breast condition in broilers using image analysis of carcass features. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/388
Comments
Casey O. Hanning, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Xiao Sun, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Juan P. Caldas-Cueva, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Andronikos Mauromostakos, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR