Simple Summary Cattle farming is progressively facing an increase in the number of animals
that farmers must care for, resulting in decreasing time for observation of the single cow. A …

Precision livestock farming (PLF) is a digital management system that continuously
measures the production, reproduction, health and welfare of animals and environmental …

The objectives of this study were to explore changes of rumination time and reticuloruminal
pH and temperature of dairy cows and heifers (means±standard deviation; age= 5.8±1.9; …

Prediction of calving is key to dairy cow management. Current trends of increasing herd
sizes globally can directly impact the time that farmers spend monitoring individual animals …

Estrus and calving are two major events of reproduction that benefit from connected devices
because of their crucial importance in herd economics and the amount of time required for …

Dystocia adversely affects the health of calves and their dams. The aim of this study was to
determine whether the ventral tail base surface temperature (ST) could be used to predict …

Calving monitoring in dairy cattle is a crucial task for modern farms. Accurate prediction of
calving time is a prerequisite for timely and effective calving management. Recently, deep …

Objective: Review relationships among circadian clocks, core body temperature (CBT), and
fertility in women. Methods: Scoping literature review. Results: Circadian clocks are a …

Simple Summary If the onset of calving can be accurately detected as well as appropriate
calving assistance can be performed on a dairy farm, at that time, the prevalence of dystocia …

We evaluated the utility of the continuous measurement of vaginal temperature by a wireless
sensor and wireless connection for predicting the onset of calving and for clarifying the …