Automated recording of behaviour of dairy cows - a comparison of different technical approaches

Rosemarie Oberschätzl, Bernhard Haidn, Jan Harms, Rudolf Peis, Isabella Stitzelberger, Tobias Rose, Heinz Bernhardt

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Abstract

Growing herd sizes increase the importance of supporting animal monitoring by automated data collection and analysis.Therefore the aim of the study was to compare and evaluate several technical approaches for data recording of individual animal as well as herd behaviour of dairy cows (by video technology, local positioning system, ALT-pedometers, rumination sensors, RFID) concerning to their quality, their performance and their handling. A basis for further studies of animal behaviour should be provided. Concerning the selected technologies the analysis of the data collected by the local positioning system and the video technology came to similar results of herd behaviour. Regarding the behaviour of individual cows greater differences were detected in some areas because of signal shielding. The used ALT-pedometers and rumination sensors delivered additional information about behaviour patterns performed in certain areas assigned by the positioning system or the RFID.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)400-405
Number of pages6
JournalLandtechnik
Volume68
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Animal behaviour
  • Dairy cows
  • Positioning system
  • Video technology

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