Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)AnimalsGoatsMasticationAcousticsFeeding Behavior
From Chew Counts to Intake Amounts: An Evaluation of Acoustic Sensing in Browsing Goats.
Shilo Navon, Aharon Bellalu, Ezra Ben-Moshe, Hillary Voet, Eugene David Ungar
Published: 202610.3390/s26020719
Abstract
Herbage intake by grazers and browsers is of fundamental importance to agricultural ecosystems worldwide but is also notoriously difficult to quantify. The intake process is mediated by herbage comminution in the mouth. The attendant chew actions gen…
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