African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Objective assessment of bull sperm motility parameters using computer vision algorithms

Daniel Rodríguez-Montaña
  • Daniel Rodríguez-Montaña
  • Departamento de ingeniería, semillero de investigación KINESTASIS, Universidad de Cundinamarca, Colombia.
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Edgar Roa-Guerrero
  • Edgar Roa-Guerrero
  • Departamento de ingeniería, semillero de investigación KINESTASIS, Universidad de Cundinamarca, Colombia.
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  •  Received: 20 June 2017
  •  Accepted: 08 September 2017
  •  Published: 13 September 2017

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