Search Results - "Allcroft, D.J."

Satiety Splits Feeding Behaviour into Bouts by Tolkamp, B.J., Allcroft, D.J., Austin, E.J., Nielsen, B.L., Kyriazakis, I.

“…Animal behaviour is frequently displayed in bouts. Bout analysis aims at finding a bout criterion, i.e. that time between events that separates intervals…”
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A latent Gaussian model for multivariate consumption data by Allcroft, D.J., Glasbey, C.A., Paulo, M.J.

“…We propose a multivariate statistical model for individual consumption of multiple food types, to provide a more objective basis for exposure assessment from…”
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Risk of disease from wildlife reservoirs: badgers, cattle, and bovine tuberculosis by Scantlebury, M, Hutchings, M R, Allcroft, D J, Harris, S

“…Livestock face complex foraging options associated with optimizing nutrient intake while being able to avoid areas posing risk of parasites or disease. Areas…”
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Individual trade-offs between nutrition and risk of interspecific transmission of disease by grazing: cows, badger latrines and bovine tuberculosis by Scantlebury, M, Harris, S, Allcroft, D.J, Hutchings, M.R

“…1. We examine whether various measures of herbivore current physiological state (age, breeding and immune status) and genetic potential can be used as…”
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spatiotemporal auto-regressive moving average model for solar radiation by Glasbey, C. A., Allcroft, D. J.

“…To investigate the variability in energy output from a network of photovoltaic cells, solar radiation was recorded at 10 sites every 10 min in the Pentland…”
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Housing pigs in large social groups: a review of implications for performance and other economic traits by Turner, S.P., Allcroft, D.J., Edwards, S.A.

“…Housing pigs in large groups is common, but the economic and animal welfare disadvantages have not been adequately addressed. The implications of group size…”
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The use of Mixed Distribution Models to Determine Bout Criteria for Analysis of Animal Behaviour by YEATES, M.P., TOLKAMP, B.J., ALLCROFT, D.J., KYRIAZAKIS, I.

“…Feeding behaviour consists of feeding events, separated by non-feeding intervals. Feeding events are often clustered into bouts, which may be called meals…”
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The health of wild red and sika deer in Scotland: An analysis of key endoparasites and recommendations for monitoring disease by Böhm, Monika, White, Piran C.L., Daniels, Mike J., Allcroft, David J., Munro, Ranald, Hutchings, Michael R.

“…Monitoring the health of wildlife populations is important for understanding and controlling the risk of infections to livestock, humans and/or other wildlife…”
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