Classification of nest-building behaviour in non-crated farrowing sows on the basis of accelerometer data

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-58

  Oczak, Maciej ^a,b   Maschat, Kristina ^a   Berckmans, Daniel ^b   Vranken, Erik ^b   Baumgartner, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Automated monitoring; Farrowing; Nest building behaviour; Sow

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AUTOMATED MONITORING; AUTOMATIC MONITORING-SYSTEM; FARROWING; GENERALISED LINEAR MODELS; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; NEST-BUILDING BEHAVIOUR; PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING; SOW;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84943619553     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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