Livestock industries are increasingly embracing precision farming and decision support
tools. As a result, sensors, weather stations, individual animal tracking, feed monitoring and …

With the ever-increasing importance of dairy and meat production, precision livestock
farming (PLF) using advanced information technologies is emerging to improve farming …

Remote monitoring of animal behavior offers great potential to improve livestock
management however technologies able to collect data at high frequency and accurate data …

Over the last 20 yr, global positioning system (GPS) collars have greatly enhanced livestock
grazing behavior research. Practices designed to improve livestock grazing distribution can …

Precision livestock management has become a new field of study as the result of recent
advancements in real-time global positioning system (GPS) tracking, accelerometer and …

Advances in global positioning system (GPS) technology have dramatically enhanced the
ability to track and study distributions of free-ranging livestock. Understanding factors …

Highlights•Real-time location can be used to automatically convert cow position into
behaviour.•Image analysis helps visualise and analyse big dataset from positioning …

Simple Summary Near-real-time monitoring of livestock using on-animal sensor technology
has the potential to improve animal welfare and productivity through increased surveillance …

Until recently, animal behavior has been studied through close and extensive observation of
individual animals and has relied on subjective assessments. Wearable technologies that …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock transhumance represents a key
adaptation strategy to environmental variability. In this context, seasonal livestock …