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Advances in precision livestock farming techniques for monitoring dairy cattle welfare

Code: 9781801460927
Publication date: 22/02/2021
Extent: 20 pages

Contributions by: Henk Hogeveen and Mariska van der Voort, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Chapter synopsis: This chapter reviews advances in precision livestock farming techniques for monitoring dairy cattle welfare. It begins by describing the potential of PLF technology linked to the Five Domains framework, then goes into more detail by focusing on the use of precision livestock farming techniques for each of the five domains. Finally, the chapter reviews the need for data processing algorithms.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2020.0084.06
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Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 The five domains model for welfare assessment 3 The nutrition domain 4 The environment domain 5 The health domain 6 The behavior domain 7 The need for algorithms to monitor dairy cattle welfare 8 Conclusion 9 Where to look for further information 10 References

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