Identifying changes in dairy cow behaviour to predict calving

Precision Livestock Farming 2009 - Papers Presented at the 4th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 201-205

  Miedema, H M ^a   Macrae, A I ^a   Dwyer, C ^b   Cockram, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dystocia; Lying; Parturition; Tail raising

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CONTROL PERIODS; DYSTOCIA; LYING; MILK PRODUCTION; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; TAIL RAISING;

LOSSES; OBSTETRICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84890846896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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