Social influence on the effectiveness of virtual fencing in sheep.
Sheep behaviour
Sheep management
Sheep welfare
Virtual fencing
Journal
PeerJ
ISSN: 2167-8359
Titre abrégé: PeerJ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101603425
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
07
05
2020
accepted:
08
09
2020
entrez:
16
10
2020
pubmed:
17
10
2020
medline:
17
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Early virtual fencing trials have effectively contained small groups of sheep within set areas of a paddock when all animals were wearing manual electronic collars. With sheep farming commonly involving large flocks, a potential cost-effective application of virtual fencing would involve applying equipment to only a proportion of the flock. In this study, we tested the ability of virtual fencing to control a small flock of sheep with differing proportions of the group exposed to the virtual fence (VF). Thirty-six Merino sheep were identified as leaders, middle or followers by moving them through a laneway. The sheep were then allocated to groups balanced for order of movement. The groups (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33062448
doi: 10.7717/peerj.10066
pii: 10066
pmc: PMC7532778
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e10066Informations de copyright
©2020 Marini et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare there are no competing interests.
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