Potential for estimation of body condition scores in dairy cattle from digital images

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3439-3453

  Bewley, J M ^a   Peacock, A M ^b   Lewis, O ^b   Boyce, R E ^b   Roberts, D J ^c   Coffey, M P ^d   Kenyon, S J ^e   Schutz, M M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IceRobotics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Crichton Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition scoring; Digital image; Image analysis; Intervention technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 52649162325     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0836     Document Type: Article

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