A probabilistic neural network model for lameness detection

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2283-2292

  Pastell, M E ^a   Kujalaf, M ^b  

^a Department of Agrotechnology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic health monitoring; Expert system; Hoof disease; Lameness detection

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 35748955209     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-267     Document Type: Article

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