Validation of a system for monitoring feeding behavior in beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2904-2910

  Mendes, E D M ^a   Carstens, G E ^a   Tedeschi, L O ^a   Pinchak, W E ^b   Friend, T H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feeding behavior; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

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EID: 80052666637     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3489     Document Type: Article

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