New tech monitors cow movement for estrus

By Amber Selman, Illinois Farmer Today
Mar 12, 2015
Mar 12, 2015

An accelerometer, like the technology found in cell phones, is being used to track cow movement to detect estrus. The technology is more accurate than a pedometer and has the ability to track rumination and grazing time.
ILFT photo by Benjamin Herrold

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By Amber Selman, Illinois Farmer Today

Estrus in dairy cattle is hard to detect.

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