Table 2.

Positioning of the pig carcasses during scanning procedures^a

Position	Skin	Carcass alignmentb	Belly position	Scan direction
1	Up	Centered	Extended	Head to hind foot
2	Up	Centered	Folded	Head to hind foot
3	Up	Diagonal	Extended	Head to hind foot
4	Up	Centered	Extended	Hind foot to head
5	Up	Centered	Folded	Hind foot to head
6	Down	Centered	Extended	Head to hind foot
7	Down	Centered	Folded	Head to hind foot
8	Down	Diagonal	Extended	Head to hind foot
9	Down	Centered	Extended	Hind foot to head
10	Down	Centered	Folded	Hind foot to head

^aRepeatability conditions: position 1; reproducibility conditions: positions 1 to 10.

^bPosition of the carcass on the scan table of the DXA device.