Table 3 Classification for registering different types of animal behaviour.
From: Modern livestock farming under tropical conditions using sensors in grazing systems
Animal behavior | Characterization |
|---|---|
Grazinga | Animals searching for food while walking short distances with their head down, without picking food up with their mouth; standing still with their head down while apprehending food with their mouth; and chewing either with their head down or their head up, while stationary |
Ruminating | Animals chewing and swallowing a ruminal bolus |
Lying-standingb | Animals lying down in any resting position and animals standing up on all four legs, without locomotion |
Drinking | Animals putting their mouth in a water drinker and swallowing |
Eating | Animals located in the feeding supplement zone, ingesting dietary supplement |
Other activities | Animals doing activities other than those described above |
