Monitoring cattle behavior and pasture use with GPS and GIS

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-413

  Turner, L W ^a   Udal, M C ^a   Larson, B T ^a   Shearer, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics; Forage; Geographic information system; Global positioning system; Grazing; Livestock behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034368339     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A99-093     Document Type: Article

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