Precision livestock farming / edited by S. Cox.

• TeilnehmendeR: Cox, S. W. R.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

""Scientific panel""; ""Reviewers""; ""International program committee of the 1st ECPLF""; ""Contents""; ""Editorial""; ""A proposal for an "Agrar BUS" as a Farm Area Network""; ""Results of continuous measurements of ear temperature in boars""; ""Controlling growth of broiler chickens on-line, based on a compact predictive growth model""; ""Non-invasive sensors for monitoring the body temperature and heart rate of pigs during transport""; ""A proposed new empirical model for the lactation curve of the cow and its use with a milking database for farm management""

""The development of integrated management systems for livestock production""""Information monitoring system for surveillance of animal welfare during transport""; ""Operation of electronic identification devices in northern winter climate""; ""Evaluation of a dry matter intake model for individual cows""; ""Improvement of teat cup attachment in automatic milking systems by using teat coordinates""; ""Individual identification of dairy cows by their voice""; ""Infrared positioning system to identify the location of animals""

""Satellite based spatial information on pastures improves Australian sheep production""""Improving oestrus detection in dairy cows by combination of different traits using fuzzy logic""; ""Telemetric measurement of heart rate and heart rate variability for evaluating psychological stress induced by visual discrimination learning in dwarf goats""; ""Variable milking frequency in large dairies: performance and economic analysis - models and experiments""; ""Evaluation of udder cleanliness by spectroscopy""

""The IDEF0 functional modelling method applied to autonomous precision feeding systems for dairy cows""""Telemetric measurement and monitoring of animal welfare parameters and its importance for precision livestock farming""; ""Modelling the nutrient cycle on grassland dairy farms""; ""A neural network for the analysis and monitoring of stress calls of pigs""; ""Comparison of grass sward dry matter yield assessment with imaging spectroscopy, disk plate meter and Cropscan""; ""Imaging spectroscopy for grassland management""

""Sensor- supported cleaning and disinfection of the surface of Automatic Milking Systems (AMS)""""Secure identification, source verification of livestock - The value of retinal images and GPS""; ""The importance of sampling time for online mastitis detection by using the electrical conductivity or measuring the Na+ and Cl-content in milk""; ""Authors index""; ""Keyword index""