Sensor collars could eventually provide beef producers with a way of remotely monitoring cattle and improving calf survival rates.

C-QUniversity's precision livestock management research team is a step closer to predicting and detecting calving events, using global navigation satellite systems.

Rural editor Sophie Clarke caught up with lead researcher Doctor Thomas Williams to discuss how the data captured from sensors can be used to evaluate cow behaviour.

 

Sensor collars could eventually provide beef producers with a way of remotely monitoring cattle and improving calf survival rates.
C-QUniversity's precision livestock management research team is a step closer to predicting and detecting calving events, using global navigation satellite systems.
Rural editor Sophie Clarke caught up with lead researcher Doctor Thomas Williams to discuss how the data captured from sensors can be used to evaluate cow behaviour.
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