Husbandry of free-ranging cows using virtual fencing concepts

摘要：

Introduction Virtual fencing is a method for managing free-ranging animals that melds electronics with animal behavior to accomplish animal control in lieu of conventional fences.Sensory cues,most commonly sound and electrical stimulation,have been used to warn an animal that it is approaching an invisible radio frequency ( RF) boundary.Today RF signals emanating from satellites,such as those from the Global Positioning System (GPS),replace the need for ground based RF signals.GPS can accurately and precisely determine an animals location on the landscape,and when combined with a Geographic Information System (GIS),it is possible to administer cues autonomously in a temporal and spatial format that produces repeatable low stress prescription animal management.

关键词： mustering cows directional virtual fencing (DVFTM ) GPS animal tracking low‐stress animal handling

作者: Dean M.Anderson Daniela Rus Carrick Detweiler Mac Schwager Iuliu Vasilescu

作者单位: U.S.Department of Agriculture,Agriculture Research Service,Jornada Experimental Range,Box 30003,MSC Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab,MIT,Cambridge,MA 02139,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）