What if a farmer could detect a sick animal days before any visible symptoms appear? That question is driving a ...

An innovative new initiative that aims to use the power of artificial intelligence to crack the code of animal behavior and ...

Cattle adapt their behavior to mitigate the impact of thermal stress 1, adjusting grazing, resting, or shade-seeking patterns in response to temperature fluctuations. For example, cattle often ...

USDA researchers have developed an animal feeding behavior-monitoring system that employs radio frequency identification readers, antennas and multiplexers to gauge the health of livestock. The system ...

Monitoring livestock feeding behavior may help assess animal welfare and nutritional status, and to optimize pasture management. The need for continuous and sustained monitoring requires the use of ...

Researchers have tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far and wide to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations. The findings by ...

For conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by ...

H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza poses a serious threat to both animal and human health. Since 2021, a novel H5N1 virus has caused thousands of outbreaks among poultry and wild birds across ...

Nomad cows spreading out from the herd to graze at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. (Kristina Horback / UC Davis) Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far and wide to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations. The findings by ...