ALT pedometer-New sensor-aided measurement system for improvement in oestrus detection

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Brehme, Ulrich ^a   Stollberg, Ulrich ^a   Holz, Roland ^b   Schleusener, Thomas ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Ingenieurbüro Holz   (Germany)

^c Ingenieurbüro Schleusener   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Oestrus detection; Pedometers; Sensors

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DAIRY COW; FERTILITY; OESTRUS DETECTION; PEDOMETERS;

BIOSENSORS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOMATION; BREEDING SEASON; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SENSOR;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 39849109410     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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