The use of animal activity data and milk components as indicators of clinical mastitis

A study was conducted to examine the correlation between a novel behavior monitoring system and a validated data logger. We concluded that the behavior monitoring system was valid for tracking daily rest time in dairy cows (R=0.96); however the correlation values for rest bouts and rest duration we...

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Main Author: Tholen, Andrea
Other Authors: Dairy Science
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76826
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07192012-115725/