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remote monitoring technology in extensive grazing industries - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
remote monitoring technology in extensive grazing industries - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Proposals to develop/validate remote monitoring technology in extensive grazing industries @FMCentre Shawn McGrath Fred Morley Centre School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences Charles Sturt University Fred Morley Unit SCR applications in
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Estimated annual economic cost to southern cattle industry (Lane et al 2015)
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Remote monitoring of cattle during calving - dairy
Activity (units/h) Rumination (min/h) Clark et al (2015)
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Can we use remote monitoring to identify when animal behaviour is indicative of bloat risk?
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Bloated v. non-bloated steers - Time spent on different activities
6 12 18 24 bloated non-bloated
Average time spent (hours)
total grazing time ruminating idling
- ther
Min et al. (2013) n=5 n=6
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Lucerne and Phalaris (1:1)
(cvv. SARDI 10 and Advanced AT)
Photo courtesy Shane Hildebrand and Graeme Sandral, NSW DPI
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Robotics – use in grazing systems
- Collaboration with
ACFR (USyd) and Graminus Consulting
- Grazing Systems
- Pasture quantity and
quality
- Decision Support
Tools
Photo of SwagBot: Australian Centre For Field Robotics http://confluence.acfr.usyd.edu.au/display/AGPub/Our+Robots