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Methods in cattle physiology and behaviour research – Recommendations from the SmartCow consortium

Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, René Baumont, Lene Munksgaard, David Humphries, Emer Kennedy, Jan Dijkstra, Richard Dewhurst, Holly Ferguson, Marta Terré and Björn Kuhla (editors)

This publication was funded by the Open Access Fund of the Leibniz Association and the Open Access Fund of the FBN.

1 Foreword
Philippe Chemineau
2 Ethical aspects
- Ethics in experiments on live cattle: a pragmatic approach
  Isabelle Veissier, Véronique Deiss, Mette Herskin, Emer Kennedy, Kenny Rutherford
- Guidelines to apply for ethical approval of animal experiments
  Jan Langbein, Mette Herskin, Frédéric Dehareng, Emer Kennedy, Kenny Rutherford, Antonio Velarde, Véronique Deiss, Isabelle Veissier
3 Feed intake
- Feed and water intake
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Björn Kuhla, David Humphries, Martin Weisbjerg, Peter Lund, Emer Kennedy, Michael O'Donovan, Michelle Liddane, Norann Galvin, Jan Dijkstra, René Baumont
4 Body Characteristics
- Bodyweight, body condition and anatomy
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Martin Weisbjerg, Alex Bach, Jennifer Salau, Jan H. Haas, Wolfgang Junge, Georg Thaller, Björn Kuhla
- Body temperature and thermal imaging
  Michael Dineen, Malcolm Mitchell, Björn Kuhla, Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran
5 Calves
- Milk intake, body anatomy and composition in calves
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Dominique Pomies, Volker Röttgen, Björn Kuhla, Stefan Nüske, Alex Bach, Armin M. Scholz
- Internal body measurements and composition in calves
  Maria Font-i-Furnols, Albert Brun, Marta Terré
6 Digestive tract physiology
- Rumen fluid sampling via oral stomach tubing method
  Wouter Muizelaar, Paolo Bani, Björn Kuhla, Mogens Larsen, Ilma Tapio, David Yáñez-Ruiz, Sanne van Gastelen
- Ruminal pH
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Björn Kuhla, Michael Dineen, Mathieu Silberberg
- Nutrient digestibility and balance studies
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Björn Kuhla, René Baumont, Gonzalo Cantalapiedra-Hijar, Pierre Noziére, Peter Lund, David Humphries, Jan Dijkstra
7 Behavioural physiology
- A checklist to validate sensor output for the recording of cattle behaviour
  Matthieu Bouchon, Alex Bach, Bruno Meunier, Emma Ternman, Kees Van Reenen, Isabelle Veissier, Lene Munksgaard
- Behavioural tests
  Emma Ternman, Guilherme Amorim Franchi, Lene Munksgaard
- Lying, standing and eating behaviour
  Lene Munksgaard, Emma Ternman, Isabelle Veissier, Carol-Anne Duthie, René Baumont
- Lameness detection and scoring
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Juan Haladjian, Stefan Nüske, Dorothée Ledoux, Dave Humphries, Lene Munksgaard, Isabelle Veissier
- Rumination Activity
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Lene Munksgaard, René Baumont, Björn Kuhla, David Humphries
- Validation of eating duration using an automatic feeding system
  Emma Ternman, Marta Terré, Matthieu Bouchon, Bruno Meunier, Lene Munksgaard, Isabelle Veissier
8 Reproduction and Health
- Reproductive assessment
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Björn Kuhla, Michael O'Donovan, Peter-Christian Schön, Volker Röttgen
- Stress and health assessment
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Björn Kuhla, Jan Langbein
9 Gas exchange and methane emission measurements
- The gas recovery test of respiratory chambers
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Anne Louise Frydendahl Hellwing, Peter Lund, Michael Derno, Björn Kuhla, Marcel Heetkamp, Gemma Miller, David Humphries, Frédéric Anglard, Yvanne Rochette, Cécile Martin, Tom Gardiner, Marc Coleman
- Respiratory chamber facility
  Sadjad Danesh Mesgaran, Michael Derno, Björn Kuhla, Karen Beauchemin, Cécile Martin, Anne Louise Frydendahl Hellwing, Peter Lund, Gemma Miller, David Humphries, Marcel Heetkamp
- Greenfeed system
  Cécile Martin, Yvanne Rochette, David Humphries, Gilles Renand
- Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer technique
  Yvanne Rochette, Arjan Jonker, Peter Moate, Amélie Vanlierde, Cécile Martin

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