Prediction of second parity milk yield and fat percentage of dairy cows based on first parity information using neural network system

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3274-3279

  Hosseinia, P ^a   Edrisi, M ^b   Edriss, M A ^a   Nilforooshan, M A ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Correlation; Fat percentage; Milk yield; Neural network; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BACK PROPAGATION ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (BPANN); DECISION MAKING SUPPORT SYSTEM; MILK YIELD; NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS; PARITY INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE PROCESS; SELECTION DECISIONS; TRAINED NEURAL NETWORKS;

DAIRIES;

EID: 36849077157     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3274.3279     Document Type: Article

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