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Is Virtual Fencing an Effective Way of Enclosing Cattle? Personality, Herd Behaviour and Welfare [PDF]

Animals, 2022
In modern nature conservation and rewilding there is a need for controlling the movements of large grazers in extensively managed areas. The inflexibility of physical fencing can be a limitation in nature management, and the physical boundaries created ...
Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Andreas Hein Korsgaard, Adam Trige-Esbensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christian Sonne, Cino Pertoldi, Dan Bruhn, John Frikke, Anne Cathrine Linder   +9 more
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The Effectiveness of Virtual Fencing of Bull Calves in a Holistic Grazing System [PDF]

Animals, 2023
Large grazers are essential for nature conservation. In order to prevent grazers from moving to unintended areas, it may be necessary to keep them inside enclosures. Physical fences present a number of problems, such as fragmenting the landscape. Virtual
Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Magnus Fjord Aaser, Jakob Nødgaard Strange Jensen, Ismat Zadran, Emil Birkmose Sørensen, Anders Esbjerg Nielsen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Dan Bruhn, Anne Cathrine Linder, Christian Sonne, John Frikke, Cino Pertoldi   +11 more
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Spatial Distribution and Hierarchical Behaviour of Cattle Using a Virtual Fence System [PDF]

Animals
Interest in virtual fencing has increased due to its flexibility for agriculture and rewilding. However, systems like Nofence© require large financial investments, and the need for individual collars complicates large-scale use.
Silje Marquardsen Lund, Johanne Holm Jacobsen, Maria Gytkjær Nielsen, Marie Ribergaard Friis, Natalie Hvid Nielsen, Nina Østerhaab Mortensen, Regitze Cushion Skibsted, Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Dan Bruhn, Christian Sonne, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, John Frikke, Cino Pertoldi   +13 more
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Using Activity Measures and GNSS Data from a Virtual Fencing System to Assess Habitat Preference and Habitat Utilisation Patterns in Cattle [PDF]

Animals
There has been an increased focus on new technologies to monitor habitat use and behaviour of cattle to develop a more sustainable livestock grazing system without compromising animal welfare.
Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Martin Andersen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christian Sonne, Dan Bruhn, John Frikke, Cino Pertoldi   +7 more
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Cortisol in Manure from Cattle Enclosed with Nofence Virtual Fencing [PDF]

Animals, 2022
To increase the efficiency and geographic expansion of nature conservation, large grazers have recently been used, either in the form of wild hoof-bearing animals or as domesticated ruminants including cattle.
Christian Sonne, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Cino Pertoldi, John Frikke, Anne Cathrine Linder, Bjarne Styrishave   +5 more
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Stakeholder Challenges and Opportunities of GPS Shock Collars to Achieve Optimum Welfare in a Conservation or Farm Setting. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Virtual fences for livestock facilitated by a GPS shock collar (GPS-SC) and phone app were introduced to the UK in cattle herd trials in 2020. Technology which uses aversive shocks to control livestock movement on farms and in other settings poses a ...
McCormick IA, Stokes JE.
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Effects of Social Facilitation and Introduction Methods for Cattle on Virtual Fence Adaptation [PDF]

Animals
Agricultural industries rely on physical fences to manage livestock. However, these present practical, financial, and ecological challenges, which may be solved using virtual fencing.
Pernille Arent Simonsen, Niels Søborg Husted, Magnus Clausen, Amalie-Maria Spens, Rasmus Majland Dyrholm, Ida Fabricius Thaysen, Magnus Fjord Aaser, Søren Krabbe Staahltoft, Dan Bruhn, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christian Sonne, Cino Pertoldi   +11 more
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Virtual fencing in remote boreal forests: performance of commercially available GPS collars for free-ranging cattle [PDF]

Animal Biotelemetry
Background The use of virtual fencing in cattle farming is beneficial due to its flexibility, not fragmenting the landscape or restricting access like physical fences.
Erik Versluijs, Morten Tofastrud, Anna Hessle, Robert Serrouya, Derek Scasta, Petter Wabakken, Barbara Zimmermann   +6 more
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Grazing among carnivores: Managing cattle depredation across the Western-world [PDF]

, 2021
Large carnivores such as wolves and bears may prey on cattle. With the recent recovery of large carnivore populations in the Western world, cattle depredation is expected to increase.
den Hartog, Emma
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Effects of Social Facilitation and Introduction Methods of Cattle on Virtual Fence Adaptation [PDF]

The agricultural industry relies on physical fences to manage livestock. However, physical fences present some practical, financial, and ecological problems, that partly may be solved by virtual fencing.
Aaser, Magnus Fjord, Alstrup, Aage Kristian Olsen, Bruhn, Dan, Clausen, Magnus, Dyrholm, Ramus Majland, Husted, Niels Søborg, Pertoldi, Cino, Simonsen, Pernille Arent, Sonne, Christian, Spens, Amalie-Maria, Staahltoft, Søren Krabbe, Thaysen, Ida Fabricius   +11 more
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