Development of a noninvasive system for monitoring dairy cattle sleep

Non-Invasive Sensor Technology for the Development of a Dairy Cattle Health Monitoring System

The intention of this research is to establish a relationship between dairy cattle diseases with various non-invasive sensors for the development of a health monitoring system. This paper expands on the conference paper titled “Sensor technology for animal health monitoring” published in the International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems (s2is) for the proceedings of Internation...

Development of Dairy Cattle Registration and Herd Management System

In order to meet the requirement of dairy cattle breeding and modern cattle farm management, the dairy cattle registration and herd management system was programmed with Visual FoxPro9.0, which can run on Windows9X/Me/NT/2000/XP, to fit the current implemented Canadian dairy cattle DHI recorders and 9-point linear comprehensive evaluation. Based on data collection and analysis of basic herd inf...

Monitoring Dcad Diets in Dairy Cattle

Periparturient hypocalcemia or milk fever is a common condition of dairy cows with an annual incidence of 5 to 8%. Feeding rations with low dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) to dairy cows for at least 2 weeks before calving decreases the incidence of periparturient hypocalcemia (Ender et al 1971, Dishington 1975, Block 1984, Oetzel et al 1988, Lean et al 2006, Goff 2008). The most likely r...

Development of a Lameness Control Programme for Dairy Cattle

Trace Mineral Requirements for Dairy Cattle

A host of nutrients are needed by cattle to support functions associated with life, and to grow, reproduce, and nourish their offspring (i.e., produce milk). A vast amount of resources have been expended to quantify the amounts of specific nutrients needed to perform these function so that economically efficient diets can be formulated. Feeding diets that provide adequate, but not excessive, am...