Dumfries and Edinburgh cow 'pedometer' study wins Ig Nobel prize

13 September 2013 Last updated at 05:23 ET

... SRUC livestock researchers Dr Tolkamp, Marie Haskell, Fritha Langford, Colin Morgan and David Roberts won the Ig Nobel Probability prize for their paper "Are cows more likely to lie down the longer they stand?". The research involved the cows wearing pedometer-like sensors on their legs that recorded their movements ... In fact, they found cows that had been standing for six hours were as likely to lie down within the following 15 minutes as cows that had been standing for one hour. In addition, some cows spent much more time standing than others ...

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