Technical note: Development and testing of a radio transmission pH measurement system for continuous monitoring of ruminal pH in cows

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Sato, Shigeru ^a,d   Mizuguchi, Hitoshi ^b   Ito, Kazunori ^b   Ikuta, Kentaro ^c   Kimura, Atushi ^d   Okada, Keiji ^a,d  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DKK Toa Yamagata Co   (Japan)

^c Awaji Agricultural Technology Center   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous recording; Cow; Radio transmission system; Ruminal pH; Subacute ruminal acidosis

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; PH; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUMINANT STOMACH; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUMEN; TELEMETRY;

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EID: 84856315504     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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