Assessment of feeding, ruminating and locomotion behaviors in dairy cows around calving – a retrospective clinical study to early detect spontaneous disease appearance
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264834
Abstract: The study aims to verify the usefulness of new intervals-based algorithms for clinical interpretation of animal behavior in dairy cows around calving period. Thirteen activities associated with feeding-ruminating-locomotion-behaviors of 42 adult Holstein-Friesian cows were continuously… read more here.
Keywords: around calving; time; group; locomotion behaviors ... See more keywords
Evaluation of the RumiWatch system as a benchmark to monitor feeding and locomotion behaviors of grazing dairy cows.
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DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18952
Abstract: Direct visual observation is a common method for validation of animal behavior technologies; however, visual observations are time consuming and subject to human error. The objective of this study was to evaluate the RumiWatch system… read more here.
Keywords: feeding locomotion; locomotion behaviors; rumiwatch system; visual observations ... See more keywords