Development of a real time cow gait tracking and analysing tool to assess lameness using a pressure sensitive walkway: The GAITWISE system

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Maertens, Willem ^a   Vangeyte, Jürgen ^a   Baert, Jeroen ^a   Jantuan, Alexandru ^a   Mertens, Koen C ^a   De Campeneere, Sam ^a   Pluk, Arno ^b   Opsomer, Geert ^c   Van Weyenberg, Stephanie ^a   Van Nuffel, Annelies ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; COMMERCIAL FARMS; GAIT PARAMETERS; GAIT TRACKING; LAMENESS DETECTION; MANAGEMENT TOOL; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; SCORING TECHNIQUES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80051785204     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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