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""Precision Livestock presents the latest scientific results from worldwide research, field studies and practical application. The book contains peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the 1st European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming. The papers focus on physiological identification and monitoring of animals, on farm and in transit, and on the operation of automatic milking systems. Major objectives are secure methods of animal identification for traceability; animal welfare and hygiene. The economic and health effects of implementing precision livestock husbandry are featured in many of them. This first conference was held in parallel with the 4th European Conference on Precision Agriculture - the links between both technologies were drawn and the possible interactions between them were shown for the first time. The potential is to integrate both technologies to encompass the whole farm. Peer-reviewed papers from the Precision Agriculture conference are presented in a companion proceedings, Precision Agriculture.""

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Author:   Sidney Cox ,  Herman Van Den Weghe ,  Jurgen Zaske
Publisher:   Wageningen Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Wageningen Academic Publishers
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9789076998220

ISBN 10:   9076998221
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

"Scientific panel 6; Reviewers 6; International program committee of the 1st ECPLF 7; Editorial 13; A proposal for an ""Agrar BUS"" as a Farm Area Network 15; R. Artmann; Results of continuous measurements of ear temperature in boars 23; J. Bekkering, H. Brandt and T. Hoy; Controlling growth of broiler chickens on-line, based on a compact predictive growth model 27; D. Berckmans J.-M. Aerts, and S. Van Buggenhout; Non-invasive sensors for monitoring the body temperature and heart rate of pigs during transport 33; E.D. Chesmore, C.S. Yoon, J.C. Talling, K.S. Van Driel and M. Lake; A proposed new empirical model for the lactation curve of the cow and its use with a milking database for farm management 39; G.C. Di Renzo, G. Altieri, G. Giuratrabocchetti and A. Colangelo; The development of integrated management systems for livestock production 47; A.R. Frost, D.J. Parsons, A.P. Robertson, C.P. Schofield and K.F. Stacey; Information monitoring system for surveillance of animal welfare during transport 53; G. Gebresenbet, G. Van de Water and R. Geers; Operation of electronic identification devices in northern winter climate 59; H.E.S. Haapala; Evaluation of a dry matter intake model for individual cows 67; I. Halachmi, Y. Edan, U. Moallem and E. Maltz; Improvement of teat cup attachment in automatic milking systems by using teat coordinates 75; J. Harms and G. Wendl; Individual identification of dairy cows by their voice 81; Yoshio Ikeda, Gerhard Jahns, Takahisa Nishizu, Kunio Sato and Yoshinari Morio; Infrared positioning system to identify the location of animals 87; R. Kaufmann, H. Bollhalder and M. Gysi; Satellite based spatial information on pastures improves Australian sheep production 93; R. Kelly, A. Edirisinghe, G. Donald, C. Oldham and D. Henry. Improving oestrus detection in dairy cows by combination of different traits using fuzzy logic 99; J. Krieter, R. Firk, E. Stamer and W. Junge; Telemetric measurement of heart rate and heart rate variability for evaluating psychological stress induced by visual discrimination learning in dwarf goats 105; J. Langbein, G. Nurnberg and G. Manteuffel; Variable milking frequency in large dairies: performance and economic analysis-models and experiments 113; E. Maltz, N. Livshin, A. Antler, Y. Edan, S. Matza and A. Antman; Evaluation of under cleanliness by spectroscopy 119; D. Ordolff; The IDEF0 functional modelling method applied to autonomous precision feeding systems for dairy cows 125; J.C.A.M. Pompe, S.J.M. Wantia, C. Lokhorst and A.H. Ipema; Telemetric measurement and monitoring of animal welfare parameters and its importance for precision livestock farming 131; K.M. Scheibe, A. Berger, W.J. Streich, J. Langbein and K. Eichhorn; Modelling the nutrient cycle on grassland dairy farms 137; J. Schellberg and I.F. Rademacher; A neural network for the analysis and monitoring of stress calls of pigs 143; P.C. Schon, B. Puppe and G. Manteuffel; Comparison of grass sward dry matter yield assessment with imaging spectroscopy, disk plate meter and Cropscan 149; A.G.T. Schut, J.J.M.H. Ketelaars, M.M.W.B. Hendriks, J.G. Kornet and C. Lokhorst; Imaging spectroscopy for grassland management 155; A.G.T. Schut, J.J.M.H. Ketelaars and C. Lokhorst; Sensor-supported cleaning and disinfection of the surface of Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) 161; Jens Unrath and Otto Kaufmann; Secure identification, source verification of livestock - The value of retinal images and GPS 167; J.C. Whittier, J.A. Shadduck and B.L. Golden; The importance of sampling time for online mastitis detection by using the electrical conductivity or measuring the Na+ and Cl- content in milk 173; M. Wiedemann, D. Weiss, G. Wendl and R.M. Bruckmaier; Authors index 181; Keyword index 183."

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