Tech-Savvy Beef Cattle? How Heifers Respond to Moving Virtual Fence Lines
Global Positioning System (GPS)-based virtual fences offer the potential to improve the management of grazing animals. Prototype collar devices utilising patented virtual fencing algorithms were placed on six Angus heifers in a 6.15 hectare paddock. After a “no fence” period, sequential, shifting vi...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-09-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/7/9/72 |