Cow status monitoring (health and oestrus) using detection sensors

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Maatje, K ^a   De Mol, R M ^a   Rossing, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy herd management; Mastitis detection; Oestrus detection; Sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SENSORS;

CLINICAL MASTITIS MONITORING; CONCEPTION RATE; DAIRY COWS; DAIRY HERD MANAGEMENT; OESTRUS INSEMINATION DETECTION; PEDOMETERS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031069016     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1699(96)00052-x     Document Type: Article

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