Description
The technology allows data to be obtained on live pigs and the routine measurements include carcass composition, such as size of cuts and presence of osteochondrosis. The aim is to be able to select the best breeding pigs for the breeding programme.Over 1000 images are taken of each boar and a machine learning model has been trained to assess the images from the scan, something previously done manually and time consuming. Without the CT technology, the desired data can only be obtained on slaughtered pigs. The technology is used in the breeding company's boar testing centre, but its benefits are passed on to individual pig farmers through the use of semen on the farms that purchase this genetics.