Development of a system for automatic measurements of force and visual stance variables for objective lameness detection in sows: SowSIS

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-74

  Pluym, Liesbet M ^a,b   Maes, Dominiek ^b   Vangeyte, Jürgen ^a   Mertens, Koen ^a   Baert, Jeroen ^a   Van Weyenberg, Stephanie ^a   Millet, Sam ^c   Van Nuffel, Annelies ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; LAMENESS DETECTION; MEASUREMENTS OF; OBJECTIVE METHODS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PRELIMINARY STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

IMAGE PROCESSING; LOSSES;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84880990185     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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