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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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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Developing an Ethically Acceptable Virtual Fencing System for Sheep
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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Pre-Exposure to an Electrical Stimulus Primes Associative Pairing of Audio and Electrical Stimuli for Dairy Heifers in a Virtual Fencing Feed Attractant Trial [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This experiment examined whether pre-exposure to an electrical stimulus from electric fencing attenuates associative pairing of audio and electrical stimuli in dairy heifers.
Megan Verdon +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.
Danila Marini +5 more
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Temporary Exclusion of Cattle from a Riparian Zone Using Virtual Fencing Technology [PDF]
Animals, 2018 Grazing cattle can both negatively and positively impact riparian zones, dependent on controlled grazing management. Virtual fencing technology, using collar devices that operate via GPS can provide audio cues and electrical stimuli to temporarily ...
Dana L. M. Campbell +4 more
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Does Virtual Fencing Work for Grazing Dairy Cattle? [PDF]
Animals, 2019 Pasture management in Australia’s dairy industry requires the manual shifiting of temporary electric fences to maintain pasture quality and growth. Virtual fencing presents an alternative to save time and labour costs.
Sabrina Lomax +2 more
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Behavioral Adaptations of Nursing Brangus Cows to Virtual Fencing: Insights from a Training Deployment Phase [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Virtual fencing systems have emerged as a promising technology for managing the distribution of livestock in extensive grazing environments. This study provides comprehensive documentation of the learning process involving two conditional behavioral ...
Shelemia Nyamuryekung’e +12 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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The Effect of Virtual Fencing Stimuli on Stress Responses and Behavior in Sheep [PDF]
Animals, 2019 To understand the animal welfare impact of virtual fencing stimuli (audio cue ‘beep’ and electrical stimulus) on naïve sheep, it is necessary to assess stress responses during the animal’s first encounters with these stimuli ...
Tellisa Kearton +4 more
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