Is precision livestock farming an engineer's daydream or nightmare, an animal's friend or foe, and a farmer's panacea or pitfall?

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-10

  Wathes, C M ^a   Kristensen, H H ^b   Aerts, J M ^c   Berckmans, D ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Environment; Health; Precision livestock farming; Production; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOETHICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKET PULL; PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRODUCTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY PUSH; WELFARE;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL WELFARE; EMBRYO; ETHICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49849083838     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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