Application of a fully automatic analysis tool to assess the activity of broiler chickens with different gait scores

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Aydin, A ^a   Cangar, O ^a   Ozcan, S Eren ^a   Bahr, C ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity; Automatic monitoring; Broiler chickens; Gait score

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS TOOLS; AUTOMATIC MONITORING; AUTOMATIC TOOLS; BROILER CHICKENS; COMMERCIAL FARMS; HUMAN EXPERT; IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEMS; MONITORING SYSTEM; VIDEO SURVEILLANCE;

EXPERIMENTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

MONITORING;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MONITORING; POULTRY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77955053105     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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