Validation of a pressure sensor-based system for measuring eating, rumination and drinking behaviour of dairy cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 174, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-23

  Ruuska, Salla ^a,b   Kajava, Sari ^b   Mughal, Mikaela ^a   Zehner, Nils ^c   Mononen, Jaakko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Education and Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Drinking; Eating; Measurement; Rumination; Sensor

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; SENSOR;

BOS;

EID: 84952638172     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Ambriz-Vilchis V., Jessop N.S., Fawcett R.H., Shaw D.J., Macrae A.I. Comparison of rumination activity measured using rumination collars against direct visual observations and analysis of video recordings of dairy cows in commercial farm environments. J. Dairy Sci. 2015, 98:1750-1758. 10.3168/jds.2014-8565.
2. Beauchemin K.A., Zelin S., Genner D., Buchanan-Smith J.G. An automatic system for quantification of eating and ruminating activities of dairy cattle housed in stalls. J. Dairy Sci. 1989, 72:2746-2759. 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(89)79418-2.
3. Braun U., Trösch L., Nydegger F., Hässig M. Evaluation of eating and rumination behaviour in cows using a noseband pressure sensor. BMC Vet. Res. 2013, 9:164-170. 10.1186/1746-6148-9-164.
4. Burfeind O., Schirmann K., von Keyserlingk M.A.G., Veira D.M., Weary D.M., Heuwieser W. Technical note: evaluation of a system for monitoring rumination in heifers and calves. J. Dairy Sci. 2011, 94:426-430. 10.3168/jds. 2010-3239.
5. Cardot V., Le Roux Y., Jurjanz S. Drinking behavior of lactating dairy cows and prediction of their water intake. J. Dairy Sci. 2008, 91:2257-2264. 10.3168/jds.2007-0204.
6. Chapinal N., Veira D.M., Weary D.M., von Keyserlingk M.A.G. Technical note: validation of a system for monitoring individual feeding and drinking behavior and intake in group-housed cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 2007, 90:5732-5736. 10.3168/jds.2007-0331.
7. Chizzotti M.L., Machado F.S., Valente E.E.L., Pereira L.G.R., Campos M.M., Tomich T.R., Coelho S.G., Ribas M.N. Technical note: validation of a system monitoring individual feeding behavior and individual feed intake in dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 2015, 98:3438-3442. 10.3168/jds.2014-8925.
8. Daigle C.L., Siegford J.M. When continuous observations just won't do: developing accurate and efficient sampling strategies for the laying hen. Behav. Process 2014, 103:58-66. 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.11.002.
9. Delagarde R., Lamberton P. Daily grazing time of dairy cows is recorded accurately using the Lifecorder Plus device. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 2015, 165:25-32. 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.01.014.
10. DeVries T.J., von Keyserlingk M.A.G., Weary D.M., Beauchemin K.A. Technical note: validation of a system monitoring feeding behavior of dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 2003, 86:3571-3574. 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73962-9.
11. Elischer M.F., Arceo M.E., Karcher E.L., Siegford J.M. Validating the accuracy of activity and rumination monitor data from dairy cows housed in a pasture-based automatic milking system. J. Dairy Sci. 2013, 96:6412-6422. 10.3168/jds.2013-6790.
12. Friggens N.C., Nielsen B.L., Kyriazakis I., Tolkamp B.J., Emmans G.C. Effects of feed composition and stage of lactation on the short-term feeding behavior of dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 1998, 81:3268-3277. 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75891-6.
13. Huzzey J.M., von Keyserlingk M.A.G., Weary D.M. Changes in feeding, drinking, and standing behavior of dairy cows during the transition period. J. Dairy Sci. 2005, 88:2454-2461. 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72923-4.
14. JCGM, Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology International Vocabulary of Metrology - Basic and General Concepts and Associated Terms (VIM) 2008, http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/jcgm/JCGM_200_2008.pdf.
15. Martin P., Bateson P. Measuring Behavior, An Introductory Guide 2007, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pages 48-61 and 72-85. 3rd ed., 10.1017/CBO9780511810893.
16. Nielsen P.P. Automatic registration of grazing behaviour in dairy cows using 3D activity loggers. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 2013, 148:179-184. 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.09.001.
17. Phillips C. Cattle Behaviour and Welfare 2002, 121-151. Blackwell Publishing. Blackwell Science Ltd, UK. 2nd ed., 10.1002/9780470752418.
18. Rutter S.M. Graze: a program to analyze recording of the jaw movements of ruminants. Behav. Res. Methods Instrum. Comput. 2000, 32:86-92. 10.3758/BF03200791.
19. Rutter S.M., Champion R.A., Penning P.D. An automatic system to record foraging behaviour in free-ranging ruminants. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 1997, 54:185-195. 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01191-4.
20. Ruuska S., Hämäläinen W., Sairanen A., Juutinen E., Tuomisto L., Järvinen M., Mononen J. Can stealing cows distort the results of feeding trials? An experiment for quantification and prevention of stealing feed by dairy cows from roughage intake control feeders. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 2014, 159:1-8. 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.08.001.
21. Schirmann K., von Keyserlingk M.A.G., Weary D.M., Veira D.M., Heuwieser W. Technical note: validation of a system for monitoring rumination in dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 2009, 92:6052-6055. 10.3168/jds.2009-2361.
22. Stobbs T.H., Cowper L.J. Automatic measurement of the jaw movements of dairy cows during grazing and rumination. Trop. Grassl. 1972, 6:107-112.
23. St-Pierre N.R. Invited review: integrating quantitative findings from multiple studies using mixed model methodology. J. Dairy Sci. 2001, 84:741-755. 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74530-4.
24. Tani Y., Yokota Y., Yayota M., Ohtani S. Automatic recognition and classification of cattle chewing activity by an acoustic monitoring method with a single-axis acceleration sensor. Comput. Electron. Agric. 2013, 92:54-65. 10.1016/j.compag.2013.01.001.
25. Ueda Y., Akiyama F., Asakuma S., Watanabe N. Technical note: the use of a physical activity monitor to estimate the eating time on cows in pasture. J. Dairy Sci. 2011, 94:3498-3503. 10.3168/jds.2010-4033.
26. Weary D.M., Huzzey J.M., von Keyserlingk M.A.G. Board-invited review: using behavior to predict and identify ill health in animals. J. Anim. Sci. 2009, 87:770-777. 10.2527/jas.2008-1297.
27. Zehner N., Niederhauser J.J., Nydegger F., Grothmann A., Keller M., Hoch M., Haeussermann A., Schick M. Validation of a new health monitoring system (RumiWatch) for combined automatic measurement of rumination, feed intake, water intake and locomotion in dairy cows. Proceedings of International Conference of Agricultural Engineering CIGR-AgEng2012 2012.