Measurement of lean meat percentage of 344 pig carcasses together with auxiliary information collected at three Danish slaughter houses
carcass
carcassall: A data frame with 344 observations on the following 17 variables.
weight
Weight of carcass
lengthc
Length of carcass from back toe to head (when the carcass hangs in the back legs)
lengthf
Length of carcass from back toe to front leg (that is, to the shoulder)
lengthp
Length of carcass from back toe to the pelvic bone
Fat02, Fat03, Fat11, Fat12, Fat13, Fat14, Fat16
Thickness of fat layer at different locations on the back of the carcass (FatXX refers to thickness at (or rather next to) rib no. XX. Notice that 02 is closest to the head
Meat11, Meat12, Meat13
Thickness of meat layer at different locations on the back of the carcass, see description above
LeanMeat
Lean meat percentage determined by dissection
slhouse
Slaughter house; a factor with levels slh1
and slh2
.
sex
Sex of the pig; a factor with levels castrate
and female
.
size
Size of the carcass; a factor with levels normal
and large
.
Here, normal
refers to carcass weight under 80 kg; large
refers to carcass weights between 80 and 110 kg.
: Notice that there were slaughtered large pigs only at one slaughter house.