Cow body shape and automation of condition scoring

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4444-4451

  Halachmi, I ^a   Polak, P ^b   Roberts, D J ^c   Klopcic, M ^d  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^c Crichton Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Body condition scoring; Dairy cow; Image processing; Thermal camera

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 55849145931     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0785     Document Type: Article

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