Validation of accelerometers to automatically record sow postures and stepping behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Ringgenberg, Nadine ^a,b   Bergeron, Renée ^b   Devillers, Nicolas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Methods; Posture; Sows; Steps

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ALGORITHM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; PIG; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78549236445     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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