Non-invasive sensors for monitoring the body temperature and heart rate of pigs during transport

Precision Livestock Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 33-37

  Chesmore, E D ^a   Yoon, C S ^a   Talling, J C ^b   Van Driel, K S ^b   Lake, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bishop Burton College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal transport; animal welfare; biotelemetry systems; pigs; stress monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890808225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/9789086865154_005     Document Type: Chapter

References (4)

1. Inglis, I. 2000. To assess the behavioural responses of pigs to a biotelemetry sensor placed in the ear canal. DEFRA Project Number AW0811.
2. Talling, J.C. 2002. Non-invasive sensor to monitor the body temperature and heart rate of pigs. DEFRA project no AW0814.
3. Talling, J.C., van Driel, K.S., Yoon, D.C., Chesmore, D., Inglis, I.R. and Lake, M. 2002. Development of an ear sensor to measure body temperature and heart rate in pigs. Proceedings of the 36th International Congress of the ISAE, 61.
4. von Borell, E.H. 2001. The biology of stress and its application to livestock housing and transportation assessment. Journal of Animal Science 79 260-267.