Design and performance of statistical process control charts applied to estrous detection efficiency

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1970-1984

  De Vries, A ^a,b   Conlin, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative sum; Estrous detection; Shewhart; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0141463609     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73785-0     Document Type: Article

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