A Feasibility Study on the Use of a Structured Light Depth-Camera for Three-Dimensional Body Measurements of Dairy Cows in Free-Stall Barns

Frequent checks on livestock’s body growth can help reducing problems related to cow infertility or other welfare implications, and recognizing health’s anomalies. In the last ten years, optical methods have been proposed to extract information on various parameters while avoiding direct contact wit...

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Main Authors: Andrea Pezzuolo, Marcella Guarino, Luigi Sartori, Francesco Marinello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/2/673