Does wearing remote monitoring technologies alter livestock behaviour in extensive grazing systems?

Greg M Cronin; Lauren R Williams; Niki E van der Smagt; Russel D Bush; Mark Trotter

Abstract

The use of GPS and accelerometers to facilitate indirect measurement of livestock behaviour is becoming more common. However, caution is required to ensure that wearing the respective equipment does not alter behaviour. Two experiments investigated the behaviour of cattle (n=12 Angus heifers aged 8 months) and sheep (n=8 Merino wethers aged 2-4 years) wearing a UNEtracker GPS unit (PARG, Armidale) attached to the neck via a collar and an IceTag3D accelerometer (IceRobotics, UK) attached to the rear leg via a Velcro strap.

Original language	English
Pages	88-88
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions - Surfers Paradise, Australia Duration: 29 Sept 2011 → …

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Conference	SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions
City	Surfers Paradise, Australia
Period	29/09/11 → …

Keywords

Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling

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Cronin, G. M., Williams, L. R., van der Smagt, N. E., Bush, R. D., & Trotter, M. (2011). Does wearing remote monitoring technologies alter livestock behaviour in extensive grazing systems?. 88-88. Abstract from SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions, Surfers Paradise, Australia. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10146

Cronin, Greg M ; Williams, Lauren R ; van der Smagt, Niki E et al. / Does wearing remote monitoring technologies alter livestock behaviour in extensive grazing systems?. Abstract from SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions, Surfers Paradise, Australia.

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Cronin, GM, Williams, LR, van der Smagt, NE, Bush, RD & Trotter, M 2011, 'Does wearing remote monitoring technologies alter livestock behaviour in extensive grazing systems?', SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 29/09/11 pp. 88-88. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10146>

Does wearing remote monitoring technologies alter livestock behaviour in extensive grazing systems? / Cronin, Greg M; Williams, Lauren R; van der Smagt, Niki E et al.
2011. 88-88 Abstract from SELM/SEAg 2011: Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium, held in conjunction with the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference: Diverse Challenges, Innovative Solutions, Surfers Paradise, Australia.