Retinal image recognition for verifying the identity of fattening and replacement lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2603-2613

  Rojas Olivares, M A ^a   Caja, G ^a   Carne S ^a   Salama, A A K ^a   Adell, N ^b   Puig, P ^b  

^a Grup de Recerca en Remugants (G2R)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal identification; Biometry; Retinal image; Sheep; Traceability

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; RETINA; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052564127     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3197     Document Type: Article

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