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Feature Selection and Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms in Classification of Grazing and Rumination Behaviour in Sheep by Mansbridge, Nicola, Mitsch, Jurgen, Bollard, Nicola, Ellis, Keith, Miguel-Pacheco, Giuliana G, Dottorini, Tania, Kaler, Jasmeet

“…Grazing and ruminating are the most important behaviours for ruminants, as they spend most of their daily time budget performing these. Continuous surveillance…”
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Predicting lameness in dairy cattle using untargeted liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and machine learning by Randall, Laura V., Kim, Dong-Hyun, Abdelrazig, Salah M.A., Bollard, Nicola J., Hemingway-Arnold, Heather, Hyde, Robert M., Thompson, Jake S., Green, Martin J.

“…Lameness in dairy cattle is a highly prevalent condition that impacts on the health and welfare of dairy cows. Prompt detection and implementation of effective…”
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Lameness prevalence in a random sample of UK dairy herds by Randall, Laura Vee, Thomas, Heather J, Remnant, John G, Bollard, Nicola J, Huxley, Jon N

“…E-mail for correspondence; Laura.Randall@nottingham.ac.uk Obtaining accurate estimates of the levels of a disease in the national dairy herd is challenging,…”
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A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of indoor living space on dairy cow production, reproduction and behaviour by Thompson, Jake S., Hudson, Christopher D., Huxley, Jonathan N., Kaler, Jasmeet, Robinson, Robert S., Woad, Kathryn J., Bollard, Nicola, Gibbons, Jenny, Green, Martin J.

“…As a global society, we have a duty to provide suitable care and conditions for farmed livestock to protect animal welfare and ensure the sustainability of our…”
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Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep by Kaler, Jasmeet, Mitsch, Jurgen, Vázquez-Diosdado, Jorge A, Bollard, Nicola, Dottorini, Tania, Ellis, Keith A

“…Lameness in sheep is the biggest cause of concern regarding poor health and welfare among sheep-producing countries. Best practice for lameness relies on rapid…”
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Schmallenberg virus neutralising antibody responses in sheep by Jones, Scott, Eden, Laura, McKay, Heather, Bollard, Nicola, Dunham, Stephen, Davies, Peers, Tarlinton, Rachael

“…Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a midge borne virus of cattle and sheep. Infection is typically asymptomatic in adult sheep but fetal infection during pregnancy…”
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The Applied Development of a Tiered Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Scheme for Dichelobacter nodosus by Blanchard, Adam M, Jolley, Keith A, Maiden, Martin C J, Coffey, Tracey J, Maboni, Grazieli, Staley, Ceri E, Bollard, Nicola J, Warry, Andrew, Emes, Richard D, Davies, Peers L, Tötemeyer, Sabine

“…( ) is the causative pathogen of ovine footrot, a disease that has a significant welfare and financial impact on the global sheep industry. Previous studies…”
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Clearance of Maedi-visna infection in a longitudinal study of naturally infected rams is associated with homozygosity for the TMEM154 resistance allele by Jones, Scott, McKay, Heather, Eden, Laura, Bollard, Nicola, Dunham, Stephen, Davies, Peers, Tarlinton, Rachael

“…Maedi-visna (MV) is a lentiviral disease of sheep responsible for severe production losses in affected flocks. There are no vaccination or treatment options…”
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