Detecting oestrus by monitoring sows' visits to a boar

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Ostersen, T ^a   Cornou, C ^a   Kristensen, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic; Group housing; Heat detection; Oestrus; Sow; State space model

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; STATE SPACE METHODS;

AUTOMATIC; GROUP HOUSING; HEAT DETECTION; OESTRUS; STATE - SPACE MODELS;

PROBABILITY;

AUTOMATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77956918671     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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