Herd management for robot milking

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-62

  Spahr, S L ^a   Maltz, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Dairy herd monitoring; Decision support systems; Management information systems; Milking parlour automation; Robot milking

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FARMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MONITORING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY HERD MONITORING; HERD MANAGEMENT; MILKING PARLOUR AUTOMATION; ROBOT MILKING;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031117611     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1699(96)01225-2     Document Type: Article

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