Determination of lying behavior patterns in healthy beef cattle by use of wireless accelerometers

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-473

  Robért, Bradley D ^a   White, Brad J ^a   Renter, David G ^a   Larson, Robert L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BULLOCK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; STANDING; WALKING; WIRELESS ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT;

EID: 79955545010     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.4.467     Document Type: Article

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