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dc.contributor.authorDobos, Robin Cen
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, D Ben
dc.contributor.authorTrotter, M Gen
dc.contributor.authorMcCorkell, B Een
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Dereken
dc.contributor.authorHinch, Geoffreyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-19T16:00:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationSmall Ruminant Research, v.131, p. 12-16en
dc.identifier.issn0921-4488en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20037-
dc.description.abstractTracking the movement of grazing Merino ewes using Global Navigational Satellite Systems (GNSS) provided data which could be used to determine the behavioural characteristics exhibited during different physiological states and times-within-day. GNSS location and the resulting movement calculations from five foraging Merino ewes of known lambing date were partitioned into four different 24. h physiological states (PS): (1) seven days before lambing (L - 7), (2) day of lambing (L), (3) three days after lambing (L + 3) and (4) seven days after lambing (L + 7). Within each of these four PS the data were further partitioned into three time-within-day (TWD) intervals based on behavioural patterns: (1) 0500 to 1159. h morning foraging; (2) 1200 to 1859. h afternoon foraging and (3) 1900 to 0459. h night camping. Ewe locations were recorded at 10. min intervals over a 43 day period. Distances moved (m) and rates of travel (m/s) were analysed to characterise free-ranging ewe spatio-temporal activities within the four PS and three TWD periods. Physiological state and TWD had significant (P <. 0.001) effects on mean distance moved by ewes but there was no two-way interaction (P > 0.05). Ewe rate of travel was significantly (P <. 0.001) affected by PS and TWD and there was a significant (P <. 0.01) two-way interaction. Ewes at L spent 13.2% less time foraging than ewes in other PS (mean 53.2%), while time spent in stationary behaviour accounted for 59.5% and ewes in other PS spent a mean of 45.2% of their time stationary. Distance moved and rate of travel during foraging were significantly (P < 0.001) affected by PS and TWD. GNSS collars were satisfactory to characterise behaviour of foraging Merino ewes at different PS and TWD. However, using ewe behaviour alone to identify when lambing occurs may not be a satisfactory husbandry option.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier BVen
dc.relation.ispartofSmall Ruminant Researchen
dc.titleCharacterising activities of free-ranging Merino ewes before, during and after lambing from GNSS dataen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.smallrumres.2015.06.017en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Managementen
local.contributor.firstnameRobin Cen
local.contributor.firstnameD Ben
local.contributor.firstnameM Gen
local.contributor.firstnameB Een
local.contributor.firstnameDereken
local.contributor.firstnameGeoffreyen
local.subject.for2008070203 Animal Managementen
local.subject.seo2008830310 Sheep - Meaten
local.subject.seo2008830311 Sheep - Woolen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailrdobos2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emaildtaylor2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailmtrotte3@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emaildschnei5@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailghinch@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-chute-20161114-134426en
local.publisher.placeNetherlandsen
local.format.startpage12en
local.format.endpage16en
local.identifier.scopusid84955378892en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume131en
local.contributor.lastnameDobosen
local.contributor.lastnameTayloren
local.contributor.lastnameTrotteren
local.contributor.lastnameMcCorkellen
local.contributor.lastnameSchneideren
local.contributor.lastnameHinchen
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local.title.maintitleCharacterising activities of free-ranging Merino ewes before, during and after lambing from GNSS dataen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorDobos, Robin Cen
local.search.authorTaylor, D Ben
local.search.authorTrotter, M Gen
local.search.authorMcCorkell, B Een
local.search.authorSchneider, Dereken
local.search.authorHinch, Geoffreyen
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local.identifier.wosid000363346600004en
local.year.published2015en
local.subject.for2020300302 Animal managementen
local.subject.seo2020100412 Sheep for meaten
local.subject.seo2020100413 Sheep for woolen
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