US2005211174A1PendingUtilityA1

Animal sorting and grading system using MRI to predict maximum value

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 14, 2003Filed: Apr 11, 2005Published: Sep 29, 2005
Est. expiryNov 14, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:James S. Ellis
A01K 29/00
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Abstract

A system that compares, ranks, sorts and grades animals or carcasses into groups of like kinds according to previously determined predicted maximum values. For live animals, the system uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on a single occasion to evaluate the animal and determine a number of days the animal must be fed to reach a maximum value. For carcasses, the system evaluates the carcass to grade the quality and quantity of meat the carcass will provide. The system also combines MRI imaging with a three-dimensional system to refine the number of days remaining for the animal to reach a maximum value, and the system, when used in a feedlot, will direct the animal to a feed pen based on the number of days remaining for the animal to reach maximum value.

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 (a) acquiring an image of a muscle at a predetermined internal location within the carcass;    (b) determining said muscle size and muscle quality value from said image acquired in step (a); and    (c) sorting the carcass into a predetermined class of carcasses when said quality value meets predetermined criteria.    
   
   
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