Validation of a high frequency radio frequency identification (HF RFID) system for registering feeding patterns of growing-finishing pigs

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-18

  Maselyne, Jarissa ^a,b   Saeys, Wouter ^a   De Ketelaere, Bart ^a   Mertens, Kristof ^a   Vangeyte, Jürgen ^b   Hessel, Engel F ^c   Millet, Sam ^b   Van Nuffel, Annelies ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding pattern; Growing finishing pigs; Radio frequency identification; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; FEEDING; MAMMALS; RADIO WAVES;

AUTOMATED MONITORING; DIFFERENT TIME WINDOWS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY RADIOS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; VALIDATION;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

ANTENNA; AUTOMATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CORRELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; PIG; RADIO WAVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892992659     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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