[HTML][HTML] Symposium review: Precision technologies for dairy calves and management applications

JHC Costa, MC Cantor, HW Neave - Journal of dairy science, 2021 - Elsevier
There is an increasing interest in using precision dairy technologies (PDT) to monitor real-
time animal behavior and physiology in livestock systems around the world. Although PDT in …

Bovine respiratory disease diagnosis: What progress has been made in clinical diagnosis?

S Buczinski, B Pardon - Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal …, 2020 - vetfood.theclinics.com
Accurate diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an ongoing challenge that
impairs the ability to optimally treat and prevent BRD. This article focuses on the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Daily behavioral measures recorded by precision technology devices may indicate bovine respiratory disease status in preweaned dairy calves

MC Cantor, JHC Costa - Journal of dairy science, 2022 - Elsevier
Precision technology devices can measure and detect relative changes in an animal's
behavior to possibly create alerts to intervene and to administer treatments. However, the …

Machine learning algorithms to classify and quantify multiple behaviours in dairy calves using a sensor: Moving beyond classification in precision livestock

C Carslake, JA Vázquez-Diosdado, J Kaler - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Previous research has shown that sensors monitoring lying behaviours and feeding can
detect early signs of ill health in calves. There is evidence to suggest that monitoring change …

Feeding behavior and activity levels are associated with recovery status in dairy calves treated with antimicrobials for Bovine Respiratory Disease

MC Cantor, DL Renaud, HW Neave, JHC Costa - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Calves with Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) have different feeding behavior and
activity levels prior to BRD diagnosis when compared to healthy calves, but it is unknown if …

[HTML][HTML] Scoping review on clinical definition of bovine respiratory disease complex and related clinical signs in dairy cows

S Ferraro, G Fecteau, J Dubuc, D Francoz… - Journal of Dairy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) is a worldwide multifactorial infectious disease.
Antimicrobials are commonly used for treating BRD because bacteria are often involved …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing grooming behavior patterns and the influence of brush access on the behavior of group-housed dairy calves

KC Horvath, EK Miller-Cushon - Journal of Dairy Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Group housing allows for dairy calves to perform social grooming behavior; however, the
use of mechanical brushes may influence how calves groom themselves and others. Our …

Technological tools for the early detection of bovine respiratory disease in farms

A Puig, M Ruiz, M Bassols, L Fraile, R Armengol - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The inclusion of remote automatic systems that use continuous learning
technology are of great interest in precision livestock cattle farming, since the average size …

Literature Review on Technological Applications to Monitor and Evaluate Calves' Health and Welfare

FG Silva, C Conceição, AMF Pereira, JL Cerqueira… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dairy calves' welfare is rapidly gaining long-deserved attention from
science and dairy farmers' communities. However, the elevated morbidity and mortality rates …

A systematic review of automatic health monitoring in calves: glimpsing the future from current practice

D Sun, L Webb, PPJ van der Tol… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases, particularly bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and neonatal calf diarrhea
(NCD), are prevalent in calves. Efficient health-monitoring tools to identify such diseases on …