Detection of respiratory rate in laterally lying dairy cows based on RGB-D data and keypoint dynamic localisation

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2026.05.001

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DAI Xin, MU Shiyuan, CHEN Xinchao, LIU Yang, WANG Xinjie, LI Yanxing, FU Xiao, SHEN Weizheng, DAI Baisheng. Detection of respiratory rate in laterally lying dairy cows based on RGB-D data and keypoint dynamic localisation[J]. Journal of Hebei University(Natural Science Edition), 2026, 46(5): 449-461.

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