Using movement sensors to detect the onset of farrowing

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Oliviero, Claudio ^a   Pastell, Matti ^a   Heinonen, Mari ^a   Heikkonen, Jukka ^b   Valros, Anna ^a   Ahokas, Jukka ^a   Vainio, Outi ^a   Peltoniemi, Olli A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE; FERROELECTRET FORCE SENSORS; SOW ACTIVITY;

SENSORS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 43649091776     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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