Technical note: Validation of a system for monitoring individual feeding behavior and individual feed intake in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3438-3442

  Chizzotti, M L ^a   Machado, F S ^b   Valente, E E L ^c   Pereira, L G R ^b   Campos, M M ^b   Tomich, T R ^b   Coelho, S G ^d   Ribas, M N ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Embrapa Dairy Cattle Research Station   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e Intergado Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Feeding behavior; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84928063038     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8925     Document Type: Article

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