Validation of an automatic scoring system for the assessment of hock burn in broiler.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to develop and validate a camera vision score that could detect macroscopic alterations of the hock, to identify errors and to assess possible factors that could influence the assessment. Two hundred hocks in the first (calibration) phase and 500 hocks in the second (validation) phase were collected at slaughter, visually assessed, placed back into the evisceration line and assessed by a camera system with 2 software systems. The size of the alteration in percent (%) measured by the camera system was evaluated ("camera score", CS). Additionally, temperature, humidity, and light intensities were measured. In the calibration phase, threshold values of camera scores for respective macro scores were defined and performance measures evaluated. In the validation phase, the gener

SUBMITTER: Louton H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9334313 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature