Use of a tri-axial accelerometer for automated recording and classification of goats' grazing behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 158-170

  Moreau, Maëg ^a   Siebert, Stefan ^b   Buerkert, Andreas ^a   Schlecht, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceleration data logger; Activity level; Motion sensor; Mounting system; Spatial location

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; GOAT; GRAZING;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HARNESS;

EID: 67349239396     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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