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Meal Criterion Calculation

mcc 64The Meal Criterion Calculation (MCC) software was designed to analyze cattle feeding behavior data collected by the GrowSafe System to compute feedbunk visit interval (BVI) and meal criterion (MC). MC is the longest non-feeding time that defines a meal. It is calculated as the intersection of two distributions: the non-feeding time within a meal and the non-feeding time between meals. MCC works with different distribution forms (normal, gamma, log-normal, Weibull) and unlimited number of animals and data records. The R software is required and can be download here.

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