Improving the accuracy of automatic broiler weighing by image analysis

Precision Livestock Farming 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 265-271

  Vranken, E ^a   Chedad, A ^a   Aerts, J M ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird weighing; Broilers; Image analysis; Weighing platform

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BODY WEIGHT; BROILERS; FIELD DATA; GROWING PERIOD; ON-LINE INFORMATION; PRODUCTION CYCLE; TOP VIEWS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRDS; CAMERAS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

WEIGHING;

EID: 84871926267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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