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- Title
Confining cattle without fences.
- Abstract
The article reports that cattle farmers will use virtual fences to keep livestock in their pastures in Australia. The initiative is inline with the result of putting global positioning system collar to without animals without using fences. It claims that the device will emit a sound to warn animals and will send a 250 megawatts electric shock if they will cross outside the boundary. It mentions that farmers can monitor the location of the cattle through a computer.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; TECHNOLOGY equipment; COLLARS; GLOBAL Positioning System; LIVESTOCK; CONFINEMENT farms; CATTLE; RANCHERS
- Publication
Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association, 2007, Vol 161, Issue 3, p76
- ISSN
0042-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/vr.161.3.76-a