Body Weight Prediction of Dromedary Camels Using the Machine Learning Models

Subject Areas : Camel

N.  Asadzadeh ¹ (Department of Animal Production Mnangement, Animal Science Research Institute of Iran (ASRI), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran)
M.  Bitaraf Sani ² (Department of Animal Science, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Yazd, Iran)
E.  Shams Davodly ³ (Department of Computer Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
J.  Zare Harofte ⁴ (Department of Animal Science, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Yazd, Iran)
M.  Khojestehkey ⁵ (Department of Animal Science, Qom Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Qom, Iran)
S.  Abbaasi ⁶ (Department of Computer Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
A.  Shafie Naderi ⁷ (Department of Animal Science, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Yazd, Iran)

Received: 2020-07-23 Accepted : 2020-11-15 Published : 2021-09-01

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