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Title: | GPS livestock tracking: an opportunity for a coordinated approach to research, development and extension | Contributor(s): | Trotter, Mark (author); Swain, David (author); Lamb, David (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10143 | Abstract: | GPS tracking devices have been available as a research tool for many years, however, their use for livestock research has been limited by the high unit cost coupled with the requirement for adequate distribution amongst a herd or flock. In the last few years the development of low-cost, GPS chips has resulted in a growth of research activity, especially as researchers take advantage of the developments in GPS technology in allied industries, for example mobile phone telecommunications. Simple store-on-board systems have provided the main platform for GPS livestock tracking to date, however there are GPS and telemetry systems currently being developed that will, in the future provide real-time location data and integration with other sensors at a price appropriate for herd/flock-wide deployment in livestock industries. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | Precision Agriculture 2009: 13th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, Armidale, Australia, 10th - 11th September, 2009 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia: GPS Livestock Tracking Workshop Papers & Abstracts, p. 64-64 | Publisher: | University of New England, Precision Agriculture Research Group | Place of Publication: | Armidale, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070104 Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 839999 Animal Production and Animal Primary Products not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.une.edu.au/parg/documents/proceedings.pdf |
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