Animal science

Techniques for Analyzing Vertebrate Social Structure Using Identified Individuals: Review and Recommendations

Hal Whitehead, Susan Dufault

Citations: 401 • 1999

Smart Animal Agriculture: Application of Real-Time Sensors to Improve Animal Well-Being and Production

I. Halachmi, M. Guarino, J.M. Bewley, Matti Pastell

Citations: 319 • 2018

Daily rumen pH pattern of loose-housed dairy cattle as affected by feeding pattern and live yeast supplementation

À. Bach, C. Iglesias, M. Devant

Citations: 176 • 2006

Effect of Milking Frequency on Mammary Functioning and Shape of the Lactation Curve

K. Stelwagen

Citations: 158 • 2001

Automatic milking, a better understanding

H. Hogeveen, A. Meijering

Citations: 148 • 2004

Milking interval, milk production and milk flow-rate in an automatic milking system

H. Hogeveen, W. Ouweltjes, C.J.A.M. de Koning, K. Stelwagen

Citations: 146 • 2001

Cows desiring to be milked? Milking robots and the co-evolution of ethics and technology on Dutch dairy farms

Clemens Driessen, Leonie F.M. Heutinck

Citations: 141 • 2014

Near-infrared spectroscopic sensing system for on-line milk quality assessment in a milking robot

Masataka Kawasaki, Shuso Kawamura, Maki Tsukahara, Shigeru Morita, Michio Komiya, Motoyasu Natsuga

Citations: 133 • 2008

Feeding Behavior, Milking Behavior, and Milk Yields of Cows Milked in a Parlor Versus an Automatic Milking System

A.M. Wagner-Storch, R.W. Palmer

Citations: 129 • 2003

Variation among individual dairy cows in methane measurements made on farm during milking

P. C. Garnsworthy, J. Craigon, Juan Hernandez-Medrano, Neil Saunders

Citations: 124 • 2012

A Probabilistic Neural Network Model for Lameness Detection

Matti Pastell, Minna Kujala

Citations: 119 • 2007

Impact of precision livestock farming on work and human-animal interactions on dairy farms. A review

Nathalie Hostiou, Jocelyn Fagon, Sophie Chauvat, Amélie Turlot, Florence Kling‐Eveillard, Xavier Boivin, Clément Allain

Citations: 112 • 2017

Estimating efficiency in automatic milking systems

A. C. G. Castro, José Manuel Pereira, C. Amiama, Javier Bueno

Citations: 110 • 2012

Dairy Cows: Workers in the Shadows?

Jocelyne Porcher, Tiphaine Schmitt

Citations: 102 • 2012

Robotic milking: Technology, farm design, and effects on work flow

Jack Rodenburg

Citations: 102 • 2017

Re-capturing bovine life: Robot–cow relationships, freedom and control in dairy farming

Lewis Holloway, Christopher Bear, Katy Wilkinson

Citations: 102 • 2013

The Profitability of Automatic Milking on Dutch Dairy Farms

R. Bijl, S.R. Kooistra, H. Hogeveen

Citations: 100 • 2007

Automatic Milking Systems, Farm Size, and Milk Production

C. Alan Rotz, C. Coiner, K.J. Soder

Citations: 99 • 2003

New Strategies to Prevent Mastitis

Satu Pyörälä

Citations: 98 • 2002

Animal board invited review: precision livestock farming for dairy cows with a focus on oestrus detection

T.T. Mottram

Citations: 97 • 2015