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Riaboff, Lucile; Couvreur, Sébastien; Madouasse, Aurélien; Roig-Pons, Marie; Aubin, Sébastien; Massabie, Patrick; Chauvin, Alain; Bédère, Nicolas; Plantier, Guy
Sensors, 08/2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 17Journal Article
Our aim in this study was to investigate whether the behaviors of dairy cows on pasture, predicted with accelerometer data and combined with GPS data, can be used to better understand the relationship between behaviors and pasture characteristics. During spring 2018, 26 Holstein cows were equipped with a 3D-accelerometer and a GPS sensor fixed on a neck-collar for five days. The cows grazed alternatively in permanent and in temporary grasslands. The structural elements, soil moisture, slope and botanical characteristics were identified. Behaviors were predicted every 10 s from the accelerometer data and combined with the GPS data. The time-budgets expressed in each characterized zone of 8 m × 8 m were calculated. The relation between the time-budgets and pasture characteristics was explored with a linear mixed model. In the permanent grassland, dairy cows spent more time under a tree to ruminate ( < 0.001) and to rest ( < 0.001) and more time to graze in areas with ( < 0.001). In the temporary grassland, behavior was influenced by the external environment (presence of other animals on the farm; < 0.05). Thus, this methodology seems relevant to better understand the relationship between the behaviors of dairy cows and grazing conditions to develop precision grazing.
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