Daily grazing time of dairy cows is recorded accurately using the Lifecorder Plus device

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-32

  Delagarde, Rémy ^a,b   Lamberton, Philippe ^a,b  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Dairy cow; Grazing time; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; MODEL VALIDATION; PASTURE; PREDICTION; RUMINANT; SWARD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84925088940     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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