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Characterization of grazing behaviour microstructure using point-of-view cameras [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
Grazing patterns, intake structure, and diet selection are dynamic responses to animals’ feeding environment. This study uses video sequences from animal-borne cameras to capture time- and scale-dependent grazing behaviour variables related to sward ...
Elvira Sales-Baptista, Maria Isabel Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Marina Terra-Braga, José António Lopes de Castro, João Serrano, Manuel Cancela d’Abreu   +5 more
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Strategies of maize silage supplementation of grazing dairy cows: Effects on milk production, pasture intake, grazing behaviour and methane emissions [PDF]

Data in Brief
Supplementation strategy and grazing management can strongly influence dairy cow feeding behaviour, herbage intake, milk production and methane emissions.
Rémy Delagarde, Romain Guyard, Raphaël Boré, Benoît Rouillé   +3 more
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Grazing behaviour of buffalo heifers

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
From November 2005 to October 2006, sixteen buffalo heifers were used to evaluate the effect of season on grazing behaviour. They grazed a fenced Mediterranean maquis of ~40ha.
C. Pacelli, A. Bilancione, P. Martiniello, F. Saltalamacchia, G. De Rosa, F. Grasso, F. Napolitano   +6 more
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Tracking the Track: The Impact of Different Grazing Strategies on Managing Equine Obesity [PDF]

Animals
Horses evolved to live in herds, continuously moving and foraging. Domestic horses often have limited social contact and movement, with high calorific intake, contributing to obesity.
Lorna Cameron, Meg Challinor, Sophie Armstrong, Abigale Kennedy, Sarah Hollister, Katharine Fletcher   +5 more
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On-farm assessment of grazing behaviour of dairy cows in two pasture management systems by low-cost and reliable cowtrackers

Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023
In dairy farming, sensors are commonly applied to monitor animal health and performance. One key task of such sensors is the behaviour classification of cows.
Kilian Obermeyer, Manfred Kayser
doaj   +1 more source

Taste agents as modulators of the feeding behaviour of grazing yaks in alpine meadows

Animal, 2023
Feeding behaviour plays a significant role in promoting good animal health and welfare. It is also reflective of the quality and quantity of available feed.
Qingshan Fan, Jingfei Ren, Zhouwen Ma, Fujiang Hou   +3 more
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Development of Thresholds to Predict Grazing Behaviour of Dairy Cows from Motion Sensor Data and Application in a Pasture-Based Automatic Milking System

Dairy, 2023
The monitoring and measurement of animal behaviour may be valuable for improving animal production and welfare. This study was designed to develop thresholds to predict the grazing, standing, walking, and lying behaviour of dairy cows from motion sensor (
Brendan Cullen, Zelin Li, Saranika Talukder, Long Cheng, Ellen C. Jongman   +4 more
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Modelling parasite transmission in a grazing system: the importance of host behaviour and immunity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Parasitic helminths present one of the most pervasive challenges to grazing herbivores. Many macro-parasite transmission models focus on host physiological defence strategies, omitting more complex interactions between hosts and their environments.
Naomi J Fox, Glenn Marion, Ross S Davidson, Piran C L White, Michael R Hutchings   +4 more
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Relating goal-directed behaviour to grazing in persons with obesity with and without eating disorder features

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2020
Background Both obesity and eating disorders (ED) have been associated with reductions in purposeful, flexible goal-directed behaviour, and with an overreliance on more rigid habitual behaviour.
Andreea I. Heriseanu, Phillipa Hay, Laura Corbit, Stephen Touyz   +3 more
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Effects of range condition on the temporal diet selection by goats in steppe rangelands of Iran [PDF]

Desert, 2008
One of the key factors in managing a rangeland is to determine the relative preference of its major plant species by thegrazing livestock. Preference value of each plant species is affected by plant type, companion plants, availability byanimals ...
N. Baghestani-Maybodi, M. Jankju-Borzelabad, M. Taghi Zare   +2 more
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