Monitoring cow health in a milking robot

Precision Livestock Farming 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 187-192

  Pastell, M ^a   Takko, H ^a   Hautala, M ^a   Poikalainen, V ^b   Praks, J ^b   Veermae I ^b   Ahokas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Hoof disease; Lameness; Milking robot; Weight

Indexed keywords

DAIRY COW; DEDICATED COMPUTERS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; LAMENESS; LONG TERM MONITORING; PHYSICAL DATA; PHYSICAL HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 49849097862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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