Mastitis detection in dairy cows by application of fuzzy logic

Livestock Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 207-213

  Cavero, D ^a   Tolle K H ^a   Buxade C ^b   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Dairy cow; Fuzzy logic; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33750439489     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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