Lameness detection in dairy cattle: single predictor v. multivariate analysis of image-based posture processing and behaviour and performance sensing

The objective of this study was to evaluate if a multi-sensor system (milk, activity, body posture) was a better classifier for lameness than the single-sensor-based detection models. Between September 2013 and August 2014, 3629 cow observations were collected on a commercial dairy farm in Belgium....

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Main Authors: T. Van Hertem, C. Bahr, A. Schlageter Tello, S. Viazzi, M. Steensels, C.E.B. Romanini, C. Lokhorst, E. Maltz, I. Halachmi, D. Berckmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115001457