Manod Williams
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Key Performance Indicators as Predictors of Enterprise Gross Margin in English and Welsh Suckler Beef and Sheep Farms
Key Performance Indicators as Predictors of Enterprise Gross Margin in English and Welsh Suckler Beef and Sheep Farms Open
A large proportion of the lowest annual farm profits in the United Kingdom in recent years comes from lowland and Less Favoured Area (LFA) beef and sheep farms. Benchmarking the performance of a business through routine data collection can…
View article: Evaluation of accelerometer fitting position, sampling intervals and data editing techniques for measuring equine lying postures when stabled
Evaluation of accelerometer fitting position, sampling intervals and data editing techniques for measuring equine lying postures when stabled Open
The aim of this study was to determine whether a leg-mounted accelerometer could be used to reliably predict the time spent by horses in sternal and lateral recumbency. Six stabled horses were used for the study and each observation period…
View article: Associations between Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection Burden and Lying Behaviour as Measured by Accelerometers in Periparturient Ewes
Associations between Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection Burden and Lying Behaviour as Measured by Accelerometers in Periparturient Ewes Open
The application of precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies will underpin new strategies to support the control of livestock disease. However, PLF technology is underexploited within the sheep industry compared to other livestock sec…
View article: Classification of dairy cow excretory events using a tail-mounted accelerometer
Classification of dairy cow excretory events using a tail-mounted accelerometer Open
Grazing livestock contributes to pasture nitrogen (N) through urine and faeces and N losses in pasture-based livestock systems are recognized as an important consideration for sustainable land management. Knowing the frequency and quantity…
View article: Temporal dynamics of trematode intermediate snail host environmental DNA in small water body habitats
Temporal dynamics of trematode intermediate snail host environmental DNA in small water body habitats Open
Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveying has potential to become a powerful tool for sustainable parasite control. As trematode parasites require an intermediate snail host that is often aquatic or amphibious to fulfil their lifecycle, water-bas…
View article: Lying behaviour of housed and outdoor-managed pregnant sheep
Lying behaviour of housed and outdoor-managed pregnant sheep Open
View article: Rapid detection of Galba truncatula in water sources on pasture-land using loop-mediated isothermal amplification for control of trematode infections
Rapid detection of Galba truncatula in water sources on pasture-land using loop-mediated isothermal amplification for control of trematode infections Open
View article: Variable segmentation and ensemble classifiers for predicting dairy cow behaviour
Variable segmentation and ensemble classifiers for predicting dairy cow behaviour Open
View article: A novel behavioral model of the pasture-based dairy cow from GPS data using data mining and machine learning techniques
A novel behavioral model of the pasture-based dairy cow from GPS data using data mining and machine learning techniques Open
A better understanding of the behavior of individual grazing dairy cattle will assist in improving productivity and welfare. Global positioning systems (GPS) applied to cows could provide a means of monitoring grazing herds while overcomin…
View article: A framework for assessing domain transfer risk in biologically inspired design
A framework for assessing domain transfer risk in biologically inspired design Open
Inherent in Biomimetic design is the selection of one or more biological analogues from which one or more strategies are extracted and transferred into the engineering domain. This cross-domain transfer (Biology to Engineering) is what dis…