Posts Tagged ‘herds’



Evaluation of a Neck Mounted 2-Hourly Activity Meter System for Detecting Cows About to Ovulate in Two Paddock-Based Australian Dairy Herds

Two studies were conducted to assess the performance of a commercially available neck-mounted activity meter to detect cows about to ovulate in two paddock-based Holstein-Friesian dairy herds. The activity monitoring system recorded cow activity count in 2-hourly periods. Study I investigated the ability of the system to detect cow ovulatory periods in dairy herds managed in two different Australian environments and breeding systems using five ... Full story


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