Determination of body score of live cattle using image processing technique.

Date

2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering

Major Course

Major in Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Restrictions

Restricted: Not available to the general public. Access is available only after consultation with author/thesis adviser and only to those bound by the confidentiality agreement.

Abstract

Body score is one of the parameters considered in live grading of cattle according to PNS/BAFPS 87:2010. Body score is subject to human judgment, which is said to be subjective. To solve this, an image processing technique for determining body score of live cattle was developed. Pictures of cattle at Padre Garcia Livestock Auction Market were processed using the developed program to obtain different parameters. These parameters were correlated with body score. The best parameters that yields the best condition was used, which is circularity. A model that related body score and circularity was developed and had R² equal to 37.53%. The model was used for the program to convert circularity values obtained from pictures of cattle to body score. It was determined that the program has a mean % error of 36.25%. Based on the values obtained from the test, it is concluded that the program was successful on predicting body score and has potential for improvement.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2012 A2 B67

Document Type

Thesis

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