A case-acquisition and decision-support system for the analysis of group-average lactation curves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 730-739

  Pietersma, D ^a   Lacroix, R ^a   Lefebvre, D ^b   Block, E ^a,c   Wade, K M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Prog d'Anal Troupeaux Laitiers Q   (Canada)

^c Church & Dwight Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Decision support system; Lactation curve; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAIRYING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0035293312     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74527-4     Document Type: Article

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