Machine Learning as an aid to management decisions on high somatic cell counts in dairy farms

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-148

  Goyache, F ^a   Diez J ^a,b   Lopez S ^b   Pajares, G ^a   Santos, B ^c   Fernandez I ^a   Prieto, M ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b Centro de Inteligencia Artificial   (Spain)

^c CAPSA FOOD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Dairy cow; Milk recording; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18044393449     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-48-138-2005     Document Type: Article

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