Contactless measurement of cow behavior in a milking robot

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-486

  Pastell, M ^a   Aisla, A M ^a   Hautala, M ^a   Poikalainen, V ^b   Praks, J ^b   Veermae I ^b   Ahokas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; ROBOTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947528565     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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