Evaluation of a neck mounted 2-hourly activity meter system for detecting cows about to ovulate in two paddock-based australian dairy herds

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hockey, C D ^a   Morton, J M ^a   Norman, S T ^a   McGowan, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVULATION; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 77957169818     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01531.x     Document Type: Article

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