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An example dataset containing water drinking behavior and visit records for cattle over a two-day period (2020-10-31 to 2020-11-01). Each day's data is stored as a separate data frame within a list. This is the cleaned data output from the vignettes (i.e., "Articles" listed on the package website) "Data cleaning" code.

Usage

all_wat

Format

A list of 2 data frames, one for each date (2020-10-31, 2020-11-01), with each data frame containing the following 10 variables:

transponder

integer, unique electronic ID for each bin

cow

integer, animal ID number

bin

numeric, water bin location number

start

POSIXct, timestamp when drinking event started

end

POSIXct, timestamp when drinking event ended

duration

integer, duration of drinking event in seconds

start_weight

numeric, weight of water (kg) at start of drinking event

end_weight

numeric, weight of water (kg) at end of drinking event

intake

numeric, amount of water consumed (kg) during the event (calculated as start_weight - end_weight)

date

Date, calendar date of the drinking event

Source

Collected using an Insentec automatic waterer at University of British Columbia Dairy Education and Research Centre from October 31 to November 1, 2020.

Details

The dataset contains detailed water drinking behavior for multiple cattle over two consecutive days. Each entry represents a distinct drinking event where an animal visited a water bin.

Examples

# Access data for the first day
first_day <- all_wat[["2020-10-31"]]

# Calculate average water intake per drinking event
mean(first_day$intake)
#> [1] 8.46451

# Count drinking events by cow on November 1
table(all_wat[["2020-11-01"]]$cow)
#> 
#> 2074 3150 4001 4044 4070 4072 4080 5028 5041 5042 5058 5061 5067 5100 5114 5120 
#>   11   17    4    8    5   13   20    8   12   17   12   12   11   10   11   11 
#> 5123 5124 5135 5137 5139 5145 6005 6020 6027 6028 6030 6033 6042 6050 6055 6069 
#>   15   22   14   10   10   11    7   14   10   12    7   14   10    8   11   11 
#> 6084 6090 6121 6126 6129 7010 7018 7019 7022 7023 7024 7027 7030 7033 7043 
#>   10   14   24   23    5   10   10    9   19    9   10   10   11   22   12