Advances in automatic detection of body condition score of cows: A mini review.

RODRÍGUEZ ALVAREZ, JUAN; ARROQUI, MAURICIO; MANGUDO, PABLO; TOLOZA, JUAN MANUEL; JATIP, DANIEL; RODRIGUEZ, JUAN MANUEL; ZUNINO, ALEJANDRO; MATEOS, CRISTIAN; MACHADO, CLAUDIO

Journal of Dairy, Veterinary & Animal Research

MedCrave Group

Lugar: Oklahoma; Año: 2017 vol. 5 p. 131 - 133

BCS is a method to estimate body fat stores and accumulated energy balance of cows. This value influences productivity, reproduction, and health of cows. Therefore, it is important to monitor BCS to achieve a better animal response. In practice, this task is performed by expert scorers mainly visually, and could vary between scorers and be time-consuming. For this reason, several studies have tried to automate BCS by applying image analysis and machine learning techniques. An overview of selected studies is provided in this mini review.