Automatic monitoring of pig locomotion using image analysis

Livestock Science

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Kashiha, Mohammad Amin ^a   Bahr, Claudia ^a   Ott, Sanne ^a,b   Moons, Christel P H ^b   Niewold, Theo A ^a   Tuyttens, Frank ^b,c   Berckmans, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Ellipse fitting; EYeNamic; Image analysis; Locomotion; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84890858264     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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