The use of digital infrared thermal imaging to detect estrus in gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Sykes, D J ^a   Couvillion, J S ^a   Cromiak, A ^a   Bowers, S ^a   Schenck, E ^a   Crenshaw, M ^a   Ryan, P L ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diestrus; Estrus; Pig; Thermography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWINE; THERMOGRAPHY; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; THERMOGRAPHY; VULVA;

GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84861763060     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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