Improvement of teat cup attachment in automatic milking systems by using teat coordinates

Precision Livestock Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 75-79

  Harms, J ^a   Wendl, G ^a  

^a Farm Buildings and Environmental Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

automatic milking; teat coordinates; teat cup attachment; udder height

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748974325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/9789086865154_011     Document Type: Chapter

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