Analysis of aggressive behaviours of pigs by automatic video recordings

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-217

  Oczak, Maciej ^a,b   Ismayilova, Gunel ^c   Costa, Annamaria ^c   Viazzi, Stefano ^b   Sonoda, Lilia Thays ^d   Fels, Michaela ^d   Bahr, Claudia ^b   Hartung, Jörg ^d   Guarino, Marcella ^c   Berckmans, Daniel ^b   Vranken, Erik ^a,b  

^a Fancom Research   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Phases; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CAMERAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AGGRESSION; AUTOMATIC MONITORING; BEHAVIOUR; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PHASES; PIGS; PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

MAMMALS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; MONITORING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84886312937     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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