Table 1 Types of animal behavior (grazing, ruminating, lying-standing, drinking, eating and other activities) as percentages of the total observation record (TOR), from visual observation in loco + video records during both seasons (dry and wet).

From: Modern livestock farming under tropical conditions using sensors in grazing systems

Animal behaviour (% TOR)

Animal groupb

Overallc

Nellore-dry

Nellore-wet

Crossbred-wet

Grazing

19.9

30.2

56.0

28.9

Ruminating

9.7

0.1

10.8

9.8

Lying-standinga

59.0

64.9

25.5

51.0

Drinking

1.5

1.2

1.3

1.4

Eating

7.1

1.7

3.0

6.0

Other activities

2.8

1.9

3.4

2.9

  1. aLying-standing: activities of lying down + standing up. bAnimal groups: Nellore-dry: Nellore animals finished during dry season; Nellore-wet: Nellore animals reared during the wet season; Crossbred-wet: crossbred animals reared during the wet season. cOverall: percentage of each type of animal behavior, considering during both phases (rearing and finishing phases) and both seasons (wet and dry seasons).
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