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Using animal-mounted sensor technology and machine learning to predict time-to-calving in beef and dairy cows.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jun 2020
Miller G A, Mitchell M, Barker Z E, Giebel K, Codling E A, Amory J R, Michie C, Davison C, Tachtatzis C, Andonovic I, Duthie C-A
Abstract excerpt
Worldwide, there is a trend towards increased herd sizes, and the animal-to-stockman ratio is increasing within the beef and dairy sectors; thus, the time available to monitoring individual animals is reducing. The behaviour of cows is known to change in the hours prior to parturition, for example, less time ruminating and eating and increased activity level and tail-raise events. These behaviours can be...
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