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标题：Development of a Software Package for Cattle Identification in Nigeria
其他标题：Development of a Software Package for Cattle Identification in Nigeria
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作者：R.W. Bello ; S. Abubakar
期刊名称：Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
印刷版ISSN：1119-8362
出版年度：2019
卷号：23
期号：10
页码：1825-1828
出版社：Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt
摘要：Open grazing or free-range grazing is one of the methods employed by the Nigeria nomadic cattle herders to provide pasture for their cattle. This method of providing pasture for cattle comes with so many challenges among which are cow swapping, ownership disputes, rustling and cow intrusion to farmland. Some existing methods of guiding against these challenges are expensive, injurious, and unreliable to apply. The objective of this paper is to develop an enhanced and affordable software package for cow recognition and identification using a graphical user interface and information encoding method. Data analysis module with software application for the analysis of the generated code is proposed; the software application installed on a computer or smart-phone may be standalone or otherwise. Data about individual cow is digitally collected, coded and stored using necessary resources, tools, and methods. Moreover, by tagging individual cow with the generated code, and matching the code with the ones in the database using code reader, individual cow can be recognized and identified.
关键词：Open grazing;Free;range grazing;Nomadic herder;Cow identification;Pasture.