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Scientific panel
Herman Auernhammer Germany
John Bailey Great Britain
Franz Josef Bokisch Germany
Reiner Brunch Germany
Sidney Cox Great Britain
Richard Dewhurst Great Britain
David Filmer Great Britain
Andy Frost Great Britain
Rony Geers Belgium
David Givens Great Britain
Henk Hogeveen Netherlands
Pieter Hogewerf Netherlands
Anders Jonsson Sweden
Thomas Jungbluth Germany
Peter Kettlewell Great Britain
Joachim Krieter Germany
Jos Metz Netherlands
Toby Mottram Great Britain
Dieter W. Ordolff Germany
David Parsons Great Britain
Wim Rossing Netherlands
Lars Schrader Germany
Bart Sonck Belgium
Jack Whittier USA
Gavin Wood Great Britain
Reviewers
Thomas T. Amon Joachim Krieter
Daniel Berckmans Tadeusz T. Kuczynski
Franz-Josef Bockisch F. Madec
Reiner Brunsch Jos J. Metz
Wolfgang Büscher Soren Marcus Pedersen
Andreas Fischer Bart Sonck
Gates Herman Van den Weghe
Jacobson C.E. Van´t Klooster
Anders Jonsson J.A.M. Voermans
Thomas Jungbluth Eberhard von Borell
Otto O. Kaufmann Georg Wendl
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International program committee of the 1st ECPLF
Organizers
Prof. J. Zaske, (ATB, Germany)
Dr. A. Werner, (ZALF, Germany)
Editors of the ECPLF Proceedings
Sidney Cox (UK)
Country representatives for ECPLF
A. R. Frost, (UK)
R. Kaufmann, (Switzerland)
K. Sallvik, (Sweden)
Prof. Dr. Ir. Daniel Berckmans, (Belgium)
Dr. Ir. Cees van't Klooster, (Netherlands)
Dr. Soeren Pedersen, (Denmark)
Program Committee
Prof. Juergen Zaske, Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim (ATB), Potsdam-
Bornim
Dr. Armin Werner, Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
(ZALF), Müncheberg
Prof. Herman Van den Weghe, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Vechta
Prof. Hermann Auernhammer, Weihenstephan Center of Life and Food Sciences, Freising-
Weihenstephan
Prof. Eberhard von Borell, Martin Luther University Halle, Halle/Saale
Dr. Jens-Peter Ratschow, Association of Engineers, Münster
Dr. Detlef Ehlert Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim (ATB), Potsdam-
Bornim
Dr. Reiner Bruinsch Institute of Agricultural Engineering Bornim (ATB), Potsdam-
Bornim
Dr. Andreas Fischer Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
(ZALF), Müncheberg
Conference Office of the 4ECPA and 1ECPLF
Andreas Jarfe Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research,
(ZALF), Müncheberg
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Contents
Scientific panel 6
Reviewers 6
International program committee of the 1st ECPLF 7
Editorial 13
A proposal for an “Agrar BUS” as a Farm Area Network 15
R. Artmann
Results of continuous measurements of ear temperature in boars 23
J. Bekkering, H. Brandt and T. Hoy
Controlling growth of broiler chickens on-line, based on a compact predictive growth model 27
D. Berckmans J.-M. Aerts, and S. Van Buggenhout
Non-invasive sensors for monitoring the body temperature and heart rate of pigs during
transport 33
E.D. Chesmore, C.S. Yoon, J.C. Talling, K.S. Van Driel and M. Lake
A proposed new empirical model for the lactation curve of the cow and its use with a
milking database for farm management 39
G.C. Di Renzo, G. Altieri, G. Giuratrabocchetti and A.Colangelo
The development of integrated management systems for livestock production 47
A.R. Frost, D.J. Parsons, A.P. Robertson, C.P. Schofield and K.F. Stacey
Information monitoring system for surveillance of animal welfare during transport 53
G. Gebresenbet, G. Van de Water and R. Geers
Operation of electronic identification devices in northern winter climate 59
H.E.S. Haapala
Evaluation of a dry matter intake model for individual cows 67
I. Halachmi, Y. Edan, U. Moallem and E. Maltz
Improvement of teat cup attachment in automatic milking systems by using teat coordinates 75
J. Harms and G. Wendl
Individual identification of dairy cows by their voice 81
Yoshio Ikeda, Gerhard Jahns, Takahisa Nishizu, Kunio Sato and Yoshinari Morio
Infrared positioning system to identify the location of animals 87
R. Kaufmann, H. Bollhalder and M. Gysi
Satellite based spatial information on pastures improves Australian sheep production 93
R. Kelly, A. Edirisinghe, G. Donald, C. Oldham and D. Henry
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