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 the dairy industry Fred Morley Unit
Estimated annual economic cost to southern cattle industry (Lane et al 2015) Fred Morley Unit
Remote monitoring of cattle during calving - dairy Clark et al (2015) Activity (units/h) Rumination (min/h) Fred Morley Unit
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Can we use remote monitoring to identify when animal behaviour is indicative of bloat risk? Fred Morley Unit
Bloated v. non-bloated steers - Time spent on different activities Min et al. (2013) n=5 n=6 24 Average time spent (hours) 18 12 6 0 bloated non-bloated total grazing time ruminating idling other Fred Morley Unit
Lucerne and Phalaris (1:1) (cvv. SARDI 10 and Advanced AT) Photo courtesy Shane Hildebrand and Graeme Sandral, NSW DPI Fred Morley Unit
Robotics – use in grazing systems - Collaboration with ACFR (USyd) and Graminus Consulting - Grazing Systems - Pasture quantity and quality - Decision Support Photo of SwagBot: Australian Centre For Field Robotics Tools http://confluence.acfr.usyd.edu.au/display/AGPub/Our+Robots Fred Morley Unit
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