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J. Anim Sci. 1970. 30:552-555.
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Estimating Animal-Floor Contact Areas1

F. J. Grommers2, G. I. Christison and S. E. Curtis3

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia

Abstract

A method for estimating animal-floor contact areas has been described. This method involves photography of animals lying on a sheet of plexiglas from the underside. Contact areas are subsequently estimated from photographs by planimetry.

Footnotes

1 Contribution from the Dairy Husbandry Department, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series Number 5730. Approved by the Director.

2 On leave from Zootechnical Institute, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Supported by the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z. W. O.).

3 The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical advice of J. E. Snell, Scientific Instrument Shop, and A. Tau, University Photographer.






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