Quantifying characteristics of information-technology applications based on expert knowledge for detection of oestrus and mastitis in dairy cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-286

  Van Asseldonk, M A P M ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle reproduction; Conjoint analysis; Economics; Information technology; Mastitis; Oestrus

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032500382     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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