Lameness detection via leg-mounted accelerometers on dairy cows on four commercial farms

Lameness in dairy herds is traditionally detected by visual inspection, which is time-consuming and subjective. Compared with healthy cows, lame cows often spend longer time lying down, walk less and change behaviour around feeding time. Accelerometers measuring cow leg activity may assist farmers i...

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Main Authors: V.M. Thorup, L. Munksgaard, P.-E. Robert, H.W. Erhard, P.T. Thomsen, N.C. Friggens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115000890