Technical note: A wireless telemetric method of monitoring clinical acidosis in dairy cows

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Mottram, Toby ^a   Lowe, John ^a   McGowan, Michael ^a   Phillips, Nancy ^a  

^a Roslin Bioscience Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cow; pH sensor; Radio; Rumen; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SURGERY;

BACTERIAL CULTURES; BACTERIAL FERMENTATIONS; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; COW; DAIRY COWS; DATA RECORDERS; PH SENSOR; RADIO; RUMEN; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TIME INTERVALS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CELLULOSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FERMENTATION; FORAGE; MONITORING; PH; RADIOTELEMETRY; RUMINANT; SENSOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATTLE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; PH; RADIO; SENSORS; STATISTICS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 49849099128     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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