Energy cost of cows' grazing activity: Use of the heart rate method and the Global Positioning System for direct field estimation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1951-1967

  Brosh, A ^a   Henkin, Z ^a   Ungar, E D ^a   Dolev, A ^b   Orlov, A ^a   Yehuda, Y ^b   Aharoni, Y ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cattle; Energy cost; Energy expenditure; Global positioning system; Grazing; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745859725     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2005-315     Document Type: Article

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