Validation of an algorithm for real-time measurement of sheep activity in confinement by recording movement within a commercial weighing crate

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 74-82

  Horton, Brian J ^a   Miller, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Sheep; Temperament; Weighing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALGORITHM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY MASS; DATA ACQUISITION; MOVEMENT; REAL TIME; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650944693     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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