Pregnancy detection and monitoring in cattle via combined foetus electrocardiogram and phonocardiogram signal processing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pregnancy testing in cattle is commonly invasive requiring manual rectal palpation of the reproductive tract that presents risks to the operator and pregnancy. Alternative non-invasive tests have been developed but have not gained po...

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Main Authors: Gargiulo Gaetano D, Shephard Richard W, Tapson Jonathan, McEwan Alistair L, Bifulco Paolo, Cesarelli Mario, Jin Craig, Al-Ani Ahmed, Wang Ning, van Schaik André
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/164