Image-processing technique to measure pig activity in response to climatic variation in a pig barn

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1075-1083

  Costa, A ^a   Ismayilova, G ^a   Borgonovo, F ^a   Viazzi, S ^b   Berckmans, D ^b   Guarino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

activity index; environmental parameters; image analysis; occupation index; on line monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL WELFARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFECATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PIG; SOFTWARE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84903715279     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN13031     Document Type: Article

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