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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Main Authors: Dana L. M. Campbell, Jim M. Lea, William J. Farrer, Sally J. Haynes, Caroline Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
GPS
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/7/9/72