Z. E. Barker
Writtle College
26 Papers
83 Citations
Z. E. Barker is an academic researcher from Writtle College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lameness & Dairy cattle. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 24 publications. Previous affiliations of Z. E. Barker include University of Bristol & University of Edinburgh.
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Papers
Classification of behaviour in housed dairy cows using an accelerometer-based activity monitoring system
Jorge A. Vázquez Diosdado,Z. E. Barker,Holly R. Hodges,J. R. Amory,Darren P. Croft,Nick Bell,Edward A. Codling +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a decision-tree algorithm was developed to classify biologically important behaviour in dairy cows and to detect transition events between lying and standing using tri-axial accelerometer data from a neck-mounted sensor.
Working towards a reduction in cattle lameness: 1. Understanding barriers to lameness control on dairy farms
TL;DR: Lameness reduction is restricted by farmers' perception of lameness, but also by time, labour and finance; these issues need to be addressed at the industry level to support animal welfare improvement.
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Working towards a reduction in cattle lameness: 2. Understanding dairy farmers' motivations.
TL;DR: Why farmers see lameness as a problem and what motivates their efforts to reduce lameness are investigated, and the motivator most commonly given high importance was pride in a healthy herd.
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Use of novel sensors combining local positioning and acceleration to measure feeding behavior differences associated with lameness in dairy cattle.
Z. E. Barker,J.A. Vázquez Diosdado,J.A. Vázquez Diosdado,Edward A. Codling,Nick Bell,Holly R. Hodges,Darren P. Croft,J. R. Amory +7 more
TL;DR: A novel neck-mounted mobile sensor system that combines local positioning and activity (acceleration) was tested and validated on a commercial UK dairy farm and demonstrated how sensors that measure both position and acceleration are capable of detecting differences in feeding behavior that may be associated with lameness.
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Risk factors for reduced locomotion in dairy cattle on nineteen farms in The Netherlands.
TL;DR: The results provide a framework for hypotheses for future investigations of risk factors for high locomotion scores and identify factors associated with elevated mean locomotion score (increased abnormality) and the percentage of cows with the highest score.
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