Precision livestock farming '09 : papers presented at the 4th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 6-8 July 2009 / edited by C. Lokhorst, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Lokhorst, C. (Cornelis), 1961-

Koerkamp, P. W. G. Groot.

ebrary, Inc.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Conference Name:

European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (4th : 2009 : Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livestock--Congresses.

Livestock.

Precision farming--Congresses.

Precision farming.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages :) : illustrations

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Wageningen, The Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Precision livestock farming techniques are emerging as the agricultural industry struggles with issues such as animal welfare, disease, the environment, economics, and livestock management. These proceedings contain the reviewed papers from the July 2009 4th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, held in The Netherlands. The papers reflect the wide range of disciplines related to precision livestock farming, poultry and pig applications, livestock environments, wireless sensing, fencing, dairy fertility and calving management, animal identification, and locomotion detection. Some specific topics include an intelligent wireless accelerometer system for measuring gait features and lying times in dairy cows, electronic ear tags for pigs, injectable transponders for sheep identification, stakeless fencing for mountain pastures, satellite-based pasture management, reducing dust in poultry houses, and causes of lameness in broiler chickens. The book is distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Section 1. Feeding dairy

section 2. Data quality and poultry applications

section 3. Livestock environment

section 4. Wireless sensing

section 5. Fencing

section 6. Dairy fertility and calving management

section 7. Animal identification

section 8. Pigs

section 9. Mastitis detection

section 10. Locomotion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Publisher Number:

99960794695

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.