Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, decision-tree, grazing, ruminant, sensor
2016
Daily grazing time of dairy cows is recorded accurately using the Lifecorder Plus device
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: accelerometer, dairy cow, grazing time, methodology
2015
Effect of feed allowance at pasture on lying behaviour and locomotory ability of dairy cows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dairy cow, feed restriction, locomotion, lying, pasture
2015
Invited review: Changes in the dairy industry affecting dairy cattle health and welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: activity-monitoring-system, agriculture, antimicrobials, automated calf feeder, automated milking system, automatic, avium subspecies paratuberculosis, biosecurity, clinical mastitis, dairy & animal science, farm-animal, food science & technology, genome-wide association, herd size, immune-response traits, level risk-factors, milking systems, somatic-cell score, viral diarrhea virus, welfare
2015
Mother–young behaviours at lambing in grazing ewes: Effects of lamb sex and food restriction in pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: attachment, lamb behaviour, maternal behaviour, pasture allowance, sheep, undernutrition
2015
Use of salivary cortisol to evaluate the influence of rides in dromedary camels
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, animal rides, environmental enrichment, enzyme immunoassay, saliva stability, salivary cortisol
2015
Animal welfare and meat quality: The perspective of Uruguay, a “small” exporter country
Publication/Journal: Meat Science
Keywords: castration, free range, lairage, meat quality, temperament, welfare
2014
Farm characteristics in Slovene wolf habitat related to attacks on sheep
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: depredation, electric fence, guarding dog, night enclosure, sheep behaviour, wolf attack
2013
Foraging Eurasian badgers Meles meles and the presence of cattle in pastures. Do badgers avoid cattle?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avoidance, cattle, free-ranging badgers, gps collars, irish, mycobacterium bovis, paddock
2013
Observing lame sheep: evaluating test agreement between group-level and individual animal methods of assessment
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, foot lesion, lameness, on-farm assessment, sheep, test agreement
2013