Authors: Yue, Rong, Yan, Xiaojie, Zhang, Qiang, Connor, Laurie
Identifier: CSBE17130
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Description: Quality and consistence of slatted concrete floors affect the not only the lifespan of the floors but also the animal foot health. This paper aims to develop a computer image-based utility to quality the consistence of slat and gap dimensions of slated concrete floors, as well as floor surface roughness in pig barns. ImageJ, a Java-based image processing program in the public domain, was used to develop the utility. From a floor image taken directly in the barn, and variations in slat and gap dimensions were quantified to assess the consistence of slats and gaps. A surface roughness index was estimated from the image. A correlation between the measured roughness and the roughness index predicted by the utility was developed. The results were in good agreement with the measured values.

Keywords: Gap, Concrete slatted floors, Roughness index, Image processing
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Date: 2017-08-07
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Conference name: CSBE/SCGAB 2017 Annual Conference, Canad Inns Polo Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 6-10 August 2017.
Session name: Poster Session

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