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Status quo of adoption of precision agriculture enabling technologies in Swiss plant production by Groher, Tanja, Heitkämper, Katja, Walter, Achim, Liebisch, Frank, Umstätter, Christina

“…This paper presents the state of application of Precision Agricultural enabling Technology (PAT) in Swiss farms as an example for small-scale, highly…”
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Can we detect patterns in behavioral time series of cows using cluster analysis? by Stachowicz, Joanna, Nasser, Roland, Adrion, Felix, Umstätter, Christina

“…Time series analysis can facilitate the detection of complex behavioral patterns and potentially provide new opportunities to assess animal welfare. The aim…”
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Drying-off practices on Swiss dairy farms: Status quo and adoption potential of integrating incomplete milking by Bach, Lea, Ammann, Jeanine, Bruckmaier, Rupert M., Müller, Ute, Umstätter, Christina

“…Drying-off practices to reduce milk production before dry-off are gaining attention because high milk yields at dry-off are becoming more common and increase…”
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A simple measure for workload as a social sustainability indicator for family farms by Umstätter, Christina, Mann, Stefan, Werner, Jessica

“…Most criteria for social sustainability of farms rely on the presence of employed labour, so that the social sustainability of family farms is difficult to…”
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Effect of the daily duration of calf contact on the dam's ultradian and circadian activity rhythms by Schneider, Marie, Umstätter, Christina, Nasser, Hassan-Roland, Gallmann, Eva, Barth, Kerstin

“…[Display omitted] •Whole-day or daytime contact with calves had no effect on rhythmicity of dams.•Estrus highly influenced ultradian and circadian rhythms of…”
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Machine Learning Based Prediction of Insufficient Herbage Allowance with Automated Feeding Behaviour and Activity Data by Shafiullah, Abu Zar, Werner, Jessica, Kennedy, Emer, Leso, Lorenzo, O'Brien, Bernadette, Umstätter, Christina

“…Sensor technologies that measure grazing and ruminating behaviour as well as physical activities of individual cows are intended to be included in precision…”
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Development of a data-driven method for assessing health and welfare in the most common livestock species in Switzerland: The Smart Animal Health project by Thomann, Beat, Würbel, Hanno, Kuntzer, Thibault, Umstätter, Christina, Wechsler, Beat, Meylan, Mireille, Schüpbach-Regula, Gertraud

“…Improving animal health and welfare in livestock systems depends on reliable proxies for assessment and monitoring. The aim of this project was to develop a…”
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Detecting Ultra- and Circadian Activity Rhythms of Dairy Cows in Automatic Milking Systems Using the Degree of Functional Coupling—A Pilot Study by Fuchs, Patricia, Adrion, Felix, Shafiullah, Abu Z. M., Bruckmaier, Rupert M., Umstätter, Christina

“…Ultra- and circadian activity rhythms of animals can provide important insights into animal welfare. The consistency of behavioral patterns is characteristic…”
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Do we automatically detect health- or general welfare-related issues? A framework by Stachowicz, Joanna, Umstätter, Christina

“…The early detection of health disorders is a central goal in livestock production. Thus, a great demand for technologies enabling the automated detection of…”
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System specification and validation of a noseband pressure sensor for measurement of ruminating and eating behavior in stable-fed cows by Zehner, Nils, Umstätter, Christina, Niederhauser, Joël J., Schick, Matthias

“…•Detailed specification of a novel scientific monitoring device for ruminating and eating activity in dairy cows.•Evaluation of the measuring performance under…”
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Type of teat cup liner and cluster ventilation affect vacuum conditions in the liner and milking performance in dairy cows by Holst, Gro E, Adrion, Felix, Umstätter, Christina, Bruckmaier, Rupert M

“…The optimal milking cluster should milk as gently as possible to minimize the mechanical effect on the teat tissue at an optimal milking performance and milk…”
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Setup, Test and Validation of a UHF RFID System for Monitoring Feeding Behaviour of Dairy Cows by Adrion, Felix, Keller, Markus, Bozzolini, Giulia Bianca, Umstatter, Christina

“…Feeding behaviour can be used as an important indicator to support animal management. However, using feeding behaviour as a tool for dairy cow management an…”
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Stress Indicators in Dairy Cows adapting to Virtual Fencing by Fuchs, Patricia, Stachowicz, Joanna, Schneider, Manuel K, Probo, Massimiliano, Bruckmaier, Rupert M, Umstätter, Christina

“…Virtual fencing (VF) enables livestock grazing without physical fences by conditioning animals to a virtual boundary delimited with an audio tone (AT) and an…”
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The cost of farmers' administrative burdens due to cross-compliance obligations by El Benni, Nadja, Ritzel, Christian, Heitkämper, Katja, Umstätter, Christina, Zorn, Alexander, Mack, Gabriele

“…Administrative burdens are transaction costs due to administrative activities conducted solely because of regulation requirements. Since the shift from market…”
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Comparison of Spectral Reflectance-Based Smart Farming Tools and a Conventional Approach to Determine Herbage Mass and Grass Quality on Farm by Hart, Leonie, Huguenin-Elie, Olivier, Latsch, Roy, Simmler, Michael, Dubois, Sébastien, Umstatter, Christina

“…The analysis of multispectral imagery (MSI) acquired by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and mobile near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) used on-site…”
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The adoption of precision agriculture enabling technologies in Swiss outdoor vegetable production: a Delphi study by Ammann, Jeanine, Umstätter, Christina, El Benni, Nadja

“…Digital technologies are a promising means to tackle the increasing global challenges (e.g., climate change, water pollution, soil degradation) and…”
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Opinion Paper: Digital Animal Monitoring – What is on the Horizon? by Christina Umstätter, Daniel Martini, Felix Adrion

“…With the advancing digital transformation in society as a whole and in agriculture in particular the use of digital animal monitoring in livestock farming is…”
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PSVI-16 Conditioning Dairy Cows to a Virtual Fencing System Is Compatible with Animal Welfare by Fuchs, Patricia, Stachowicz, Joanna, Schneider, Manuel, Probo, Massimiliano, Bruckmaier, Rupert M, Umstätter, Christina

“…Abstract Virtual fencing (VF) enables livestock grazing without physical fences by conditioning animals to an audio tone (AT) followed by an electric pulse…”
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A Novel Chart to Score Rumen Fill Following Simple Sequential Instructions by Schneider, Marie, Hart, Leonie, Gallmann, Eva, Umstätter, Christina

“…Knowledge about feed intake and adequate nutritional status of dairy cows is important to achieve high milk yield in grazing systems. A possible, but…”
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416 Implementation of virtual fencing in heifers for mountain summer grazing by Fuchs, Patricia, Pauler, Caren M, Schneider, Manuel K, Umstätter, Christina, Rufener, Christina, Wechsler, Beat, Bruckmaier, Rupert M M, Probo, Massimiliano

“…Abstract A virtual fencing (VF) system is based on a smartphone application that defines an invisible grazing boundary based on global positioning. Animals are…”
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