Combining accelerometers and direct visual observations to detect sickness and pain in cows of different ages submitted to systemic inflammation

Abstract Cattle suffering from inflammatory infection display sickness and pain-related behaviours. As these behaviours may be transient and last only a few hours, one may miss them. The aim of this study was to assess the benefit of combining continuous monitoring of cow behaviour via collar-attach...

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Main Authors: Dorothée Ledoux, Isabelle Veissier, Bruno Meunier, Valérie Gelin, Christophe Richard, Hélène Kiefer, Hélène Jammes, Gilles Foucras, Alice de Boyer des Roches
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27884-x