Lateral Trunk Surface as a new parameter to estimate live body weight by Visual Image Analysis

Live weight of 74 milking Mediterranean buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis L.) have been estimated by Visual Image Analysis. The total surface of lateral profile, tested in previous researches with viable result, was substituted by the measurement of the Lateral Trunk Surface (LTrS). The measurements were r...

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Main Authors: S. Terramoccia, S. Bartocci, G. Bianconi, P. Negretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-02-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1234