Use of neural networks to detect minor and major pathogens that cause bovine mastitis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1493-1499

  Hassan, K J ^a   Samarasinghe, S ^a   Lopez Benavides, M G ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Business Unit Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance; Mastitis; Neural network; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249088445     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1539     Document Type: Article

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