Performance evaluation of an online EC measurement system for dairy cow mastitis inspection

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-99

  Lien, Cheng Chang ^a   Wan, Ye Nu ^b   Chen, Huan Nan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Livestock Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cows; Dairy farm; Electrical conductivity; Mastitis; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CELLS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DISEASE CONTROL; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

COWS; DAIRY FARMS; MASTITIS; SOMATIC CELL COUNT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 21244457678     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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