2020-12-15 ![]() | Accuracy of predicting chemical body composition of growing pigs using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Claudia Kasper, Patrick Schlegel, Isabel Ruiz-Ascacibar, Peter Stoll, Giuseppe Bee 10.1101/2020.09.15.286153 Recommended by Florence Gondret based on reviews by Mathieu Monziols and 1 anonymous reviewer Accurate predictions of chemical composition of pigs for a wide range of body weights: no longer a myth! Assessing body or carcass composition in growing pigs is essential to refine nutritional models, select for specific traits and evaluate pork products. The gold standard methods are dissection and chemical measurements, which are time-consuming and invasive ways to obtain the data. Different teams have tested dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), especially for determining total and regional body composition of fat, soft lean tissues and bone minerals [1-3]. The DEXA measurements are quick, n... |