Bunk attendance of feedlot cattle monitored with radio frequency technology

Authors

D. J. Gibb, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
T. A. McAlllister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
C. Huisma, GrowSafe Systems, Ltd.
R. D. Wiedmeier, Utah State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1988

Abstract

Bunk attendance of 72 feedlot cattle (412 ± 23.6 kg) was monitored for 86 d using radio frequency technology. Late morning and late afternoon were confirmed as primary ad libitum feeding periods. The system detected differences (P < 0.005) in feeding behaviour in response to level of feeding and frequency of meals.

Comments

open access article

Recommended Citation

Gibb, D. J., McAllister, T. A., Huisma, C. and Wiedmeier, R. D. 1998. Bunk attendance of feedlot cattle monitored with radio frequency technology. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 78: 707–710. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2015-0193