METHOD FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF AN ANIMAL BODY, IN PARTICULAR A PORK HALF, IN TRADE CLASSES

摘要

1. Method for classifying the body of an animal, in particular a half of a pig, into classes, with an appropriate classification of the type of body structure being carried out by means of an evaluation of both the share of fatty tissue, in particular the thickness of the fat on the back, taking into account the weight of the two halves, and the volume of meat in the meat-containing parts of the body, and with, among other things, the course of the contour of the buttocks being optically detected and evaluated as a quantity of evaluation, characterized in that as a quantity of evaluation the measure of an angle alpha is used which is obtained between the plane of summetry (A-A) and the junction plane (17, 27) of the body as a reference plane and a tangent (T), which is applied at a point of the contour of the buttocks, which lies on the center of a connecting line between the upper end of the rear leg and the point of intersection of the reference plane with the contour.