Developing an Ethically Acceptable Virtual Fencing System for Sheep [PDF]
Animals, 2018 To ensure animal welfare isn’t compromised when using virtual fencing, animals must be able to associate a benign conditioned stimulus with an aversive stimulus.
Danila Marini +5 more
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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 +9 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 +5 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 +11 more
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Virtual Fencing Is Comparable to Electric Tape Fencing for Cattle Behavior and Welfare [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Virtual fencing technology restricts animal movement via communicated signals without physical boundaries. Specifically, the eShepherd™ automated virtual fencing system operates via GPS technology and provides stimuli via a neckband device.
Dana L. M. Campbell +3 more
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Controlling Within-Field Sheep Movement Using Virtual Fencing [PDF]
Animals, 2018 Virtual fencing has the potential to greatly improve livestock movement, grazing efficiency, and land management by farmers; however, relatively little work has been done to test the potential of virtual fencing with sheep.
Danila Marini +3 more
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Social influence on the effectiveness of virtual fencing in sheep [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Early virtual fencing trials have effectively contained small groups of sheep within set areas of a paddock when all animals were wearing manual electronic collars.
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Mapping activity of grazing cattle using commercial virtual fencing technology [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIdentifying where and how grazing animals are active is crucial for informed decision-making in livestock and conservation management. Virtual fencing systems, which use animal-mounted location tracking sensors to automatically monitor and manage the ...
Kareemah Chopra +4 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]
AnimalsThere 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 +7 more
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Assess the Welfare Impacts of a New Virtual Fencing Technology [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Virtual fencing involving the application of audio cues and electrical stimuli is being commercially developed for cattle. Virtual fencing has the potential to improve productivity through optimized pasture management and utilization by grazing animals ...
Caroline Lee, Dana L. M. Campbell
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