read.RIC {Animal}R Documentation

Read RIC feed measurement system log files

Description

Reads in roughage intake log files produced by the Insentec RIC-Management Windows software. (VRyymmdd.DAT) The function converts the start and end times to POSIXct objects and adds the date to each time stamp from the file name.

Usage

read.RIC(file, clean = TRUE)

Arguments

file The roughage intake log file, (VRyymmdd.DAT)
clean If true the function removes lines with Cow number 0 and lines with negative feed intake and visits with 0 duration. Values TRUE of FALSE, Defaults to TRUE

Value

A data.frame with the formatted insentec data.

Author(s)

Matti Pastell <matti.pastell@helsinki.fi>

References

B.V. Marknesse. Instructions for use. RIC - MANAGEMENT WINDOWS version RW:1.7. English. Insentec

See Also

clean.RIC, bouts.RIC

Examples

## Not run: data <- read.RIC('VR080811.DAT')

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