Mastitis and lameness detection in dairy cows by application of fuzzy logic

Livestock Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-96

  Kramer, E ^a   Cavero, D ^b   Stamer, E ^c   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

^c TiDa Tier und Daten GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Fuzzy logic; Lameness; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67649422365     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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