Development of an early warning system forabroiler house using computer vision

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-45

  Kashiha, Mohammadamin ^a   Pluk, Arno ^a   Bahr, Claudia ^a   Vranken, Erik ^a   Berckmans, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SOFTWARES; AUTOMATIC MONITORS; BROILER PRODUCTIONS; DISTRIBUTION INDEX; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REDUCED GROWTH RATE;

ANIMALS; CAMERAS;

HOUSES;

EID: 84880851207     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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