On-line monitoring of milk electrical conductivity by fuzzy logic technology to characterise health status in dairy goats

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-347

  Zaninelli, Mauro ^a   Rossi, Luciana ^b   Tangorra, Francesco Maria ^b   Costa, Annamaria ^b   Agazzi, Alessandro ^b   Savoini, Giovanni ^b  

^a SECTION OF MATHEMATICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Electrical conductivity; Fuzzy logic; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899745610     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2014.3170     Document Type: Article

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