Predicting calving time of dairy cows by behaviour sensor

Precision Livestock Farming 2011 - Papers Presented at the 5th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, ECPLF 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 464-475

  Maltz, E ^a   Medini, N ^b   Bercovitch, A ^b   Parmet, Y ^b   Halachmi, I ^a   Antler, A ^a   Edan, Y ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Calving; Dairy cow; Lying time

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALARM SYSTEMS; ERRORS;

BEHAVIOR PARAMETERS; BEHAVIOUR; CALVING; CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; DAIRY COW; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS; LYING TIME; PERFORMANCE MEASURE;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84879286138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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