Measuring the fat content in intestine of atlantic salmon by using computerized tomography

• Main Author: Sitaula, Mishan
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2013
• Subjects: computer tomography; aquaculture; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; Norway; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/186247

The aim of our study was to use the CT scanning as a non-destructive method to find out the amount of fat in the Atlantic salmon intestinal area. Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was subjected to computerized X-ray tomography (CT) to evaluate CT as a non-destructive and rapid method for analyzin...