Estimation of bull live weight through thermographically measured body dimensions

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-240

  Stajnko, D ^a   Brus, M ^a   Hocevar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Body dimensions; Bull; Image analysis; Thermography; Weight

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BODY DIMENSIONS; PROGENY TESTING; THERMAL CAMERAS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 39149141344     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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