Comparison of rumination activity measured using rumination collars against direct visual observations and analysis of video recordings of dairy cows in commercial farm environments

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1750-1758

  Ambriz Vilchis, V ^a,b   Jessop, N S ^b   Fawcett, R H ^b   Shaw, D J ^a   Macrae, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Direct observation; Rumination activity; Validation; Video recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; BOVINE; DAIRYING; DEVICES; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84924052723     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8565     Document Type: Article

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