In the current context, monitoring cattle health is critical for producing abundant milk to
satisfy population growth demand and also for attaining sustainability. Traditional methods …

Cow behavior recognition systems support the assessment of cows' condition by providing
their behavior information. Accelerometers are particularly suited for a non-invasive solution …

Remote monitoring of animal behavior offers great potential to improve livestock
management however technologies able to collect data at high frequency and accurate data …

An animal health monitoring system for monitoring the physiological parameters, such as
rumination, body temperature, and heart rate with surrounding temperature and humidity …

A device based on a tri-axial accelerometer was used to measure behavioural parameters of
dairy sheep at pasture. Short tests were performed in grazing conditions to collect …

Animal welfare is an issue of great importance in modern food production systems. Because
animal behavior provides reliable information about animal health and welfare, recent …

This paper presents the design of a localization scheme in wireless sensor networks (WSN)
for cattle monitoring applications in grazing fields. No additional hardware was required for …

Monitoring behaviour of grazing animals is important for the management of grazing
systems. A study was run to discriminate between the main behaviours (grazing, ruminating …

By monitoring silage temperature at different locations inside silage stacks, it is possible to
detect any significant increases in temperature occurring during silage decomposition. The …

Background Livestock farming has increased in complexity considerably due to the growing
demand for animal products combined with a decreasing number of farmers and ranchers …