Measurement of acceleration while walking as an automated method for gait assessment in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2895-2901

  Chapinal, N ^a   de Passille A M ^b   Pastell, M ^c   Hanninen L ^c   Munksgaard, L ^d   Rushen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concrete; Lameness; Rubber; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GAIT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GAIT; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; RUBBER; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

BOS;

EID: 79956257636     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3882     Document Type: Article

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