Today’s Technical Note of the Day is: “Technical note: Evaluation of odor from vaginal discharge of cows in the first 10 days after calving by olfactory cognition and an electronic device,” I. Sannmann, O. Burfeind, V. Suthar, A. Bos, M. Bruins, W. Heuwieser , Journal of Dairy Science, epub June 28, 2013. The authors are […]
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Further cow magnetic alignment findings
There are further findings in the ongoing international detective effort to understand the extent to which cows are inclined to align themselves more or less magnetically. A new study presents details: “Cattle on pastures do align along the North-South axis, but the alignment depends on herd density,” Pavel Slaby, Kateřina Tomanova, M. Vacha, Journal of Comparative […]
The wisdom of flerds [JER video]
As part of their ongoing commitment to postmodern range sciences, the USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, has prepared a video profiling the concept of a flerd. (defined thus:) “A group of livestock containing two or more species which stay together under free-ranging conditions is defined as a flerd”
Towards a remote-controlled cow [JER video]
Complementing their postmodern approach to range science, the USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, has pioneered the development of the remote-controlled cow. Their directional virtual fencing (DVF™) electronics package is carried by the cows on an ear-a-round (EAR™). The results can be seen here. BONUS (unrelated): Nick McKaig sings Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” a capella, […]