Monitoring distances travelled by horses using GPS tracking collars

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 176-181

  Hampson, B A ^a   Morton, J M ^a   Mills, P C ^a   Trotter, M G ^b   Lamb, D W ^b   Pollitt, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feral horses; Foals; Global positioning system (GPS); Horses; Paddock design

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 77952766568     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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