32 results about "Herd management" patented technology

Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a herd of animals. Each of multiple sensors are attached to one of the animals and is in peer-to-peer communication with another of the sensors to define a dynamically network arrangement of sensors. A base station is in communication with at least one of the sensors to access the networked arrangement of sensors. A central system is in communication with the base station and has instructions to monitor a position of the herd with data collected by the sensors.

A method of determining breeding status in animals by (a) determining a breeding event (cyclicity, mounting, pregnancy, open) time, (b) providing an estrus or other breeding event detection apparatus, (c) affixing the estrus detection apparatus at a predetermined location on a female animal at a predetermined application time prior to the breeding event time, and (d) monitoring the estrus detection apparatus for activation thereof. An indicator apparatus is provided for use in indicating when an animal is in estrus. The apparatus is configured to be affixed to the rump of an animal to detect and indicate when the animal has been mounted and, thus, when the animal is in estrus. The apparatus is affixed to the animal by an adhesive layer. Layered on the top surface of the adhesive layer is an indicator layer that is in turn covered with a floodcoat layer. The floodcoat layer is adapted for removal upon the mounting of the first animal by a second animal. Removal of the floodcoat layer exposes the indicator layer indicating that the first animal has been mounted, thereby indicating that the first animal is in heat. The floodcoat layer is highly visible and may be seen from a distance.

The invention relates to a satellite location technique, which aims at solving the defect of high management difficulty which is caused by few herdsmen and huge herds and the defect of grass resource destroy which is caused by over grazing in the prior art, and provides a fixed-point grazing method which comprises the following steps: S1, a GPS signal is received in real time and current position information is generated; S2, whether the current position is located in a predefined graze region is determined, if no, an alarming indication is sent out. The invention further provides a fixed-point grazing device in which the method is applied. The technical proposal of the invention has the advantages that: by setting the position information of graze regions in the fixed-point grazing device and combining with the GPS location information, livestock can be automatically limited in a predefined graze region, which not only saves the labor required for grazing and simplifies herd management, but also effectively avoids the grass resource destroy which is caused by over-grazing by simply modifying the graze region information to change different graze regions.

A milk metering apparatus having a metering chamber 7 which is repeatedly filled and emptied many times in the course of milking an animal is provided with a probe 15 which extends down into the metering chamber 7 and which includes a sampling tube as well as conductivity and light absorption sensors. Milk samples can be taken and conductivity and light absorption measurements can be made during each filling and emptying cycle so that data from the sample analysis and the measurements over the whole period of milking can be compared with corresponding data from previous milkings of the same animal thereby providing valuable information for herd management purposes.

A method for the computer-based identification of mastitis of milk-producing animals of a herd, wherein individual animals are automatically identified by an animal identification means of a herd management system, and a milk sample assigned to the animal is taken and analyzed for the identification of mastitis. The method takes into account the fact that different animals in a herd have an individual tendency to contract mastitis, so that not all the animals in said herd have to be examined with the same frequency for a possible case of mastitis, and the method according to the invention correspondingly proposes that after the animal identification process, the herd management system decides whether a milk sample is taken and/or analyzed, based on animal-specific information that is stored in the herd management system.

The invention discloses a method for producing pollution-free flavoured chilled pork, which belongs to raising processing method of livestock food and solves the problem that the quality of pork is not high and the tastiness is not good because of the disadvantages existing in the prior live pig raising and slaughtering technology. Animal welfare measures are brought in the two processes of raising and slaughtering processing, the ablactation time for piglets is increased to 28 days during the raising process, and dedicated cereal crops with full nutritional value is prepared, wherein, flavorenhancers are added in the dedicated cereal crops; light music is played; a temperature regulation and control device (comprising a heater and a water sheet cooling system) is arranged in a hog house; the herd management density that allows the activity space of at least 2 square meters for each pig is ensured; small toys are provided so as to satisfy foraging and searching behavior habits of thepigs; in addition, rest, feeding and water supply are ensured when the pigs are transported during the slaughtering and manufacturing process, the pigs enter a slaughter house when hearing the light music and are slaughtered through electric shock in an isolating manner, and then condensation, steaming, scalding, carcass opening, disemboweling, halving, cooling, refrigeration, acid discharge and examination are carried out. The method is suitable for batch production of commercial pork.

A milking system for a community milking center to which owners of milking animals, or their representatives, come regularly in order to have their animals milked, comprises a milking machine (11) for milking the animals; a device (14a) provided for measuring, for each of the owners, an amount of milk produced by the animals belonging to that owner; a milk storage tank (12) provided for collecting the milk; and a herd management system (13) provided for recording the measured amounts of milk, comparing the measured amounts of milk, and alerting at least some of the owners, or their representatives, depending on the outcome of the comparison. The herd management system comprises information (13a) of each of the animals including an identity (CowId) of the animal, a value (MilkYield) of the milk production by the animal, and an identity (OwnerId) of the owner of the animal.

The invention relates to a method and a system for guiding herds by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method for guiding the herds by the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises the following steps: receivingcurrent position information of leading livestock in the herd in real time; determining a current grazing area where the leader livestock is located according to the current position information of the leader livestock; counting the feeding time of the leading livestock in the current grazing area; after the feeding time reaches the preset feeding time, controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle toguide the leading livestock to advance from the current position to the preset position of the next grazing area; receiving current position information of other livestock except the leading livestockin the herd in real time; judging whether the herd has outlier livestock which is not in the next grazing area or not according to the current position information of the other livestock; and if yes,controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to guide the outlier livestock to enter the next grazing area. The feeding behavior of the livestock is automatically and effectively guided through the unmanned aerial vehicle, the livestock can be prevented from getting lost, the herd management difficulty is reduced, and damage to the grassland caused by excessive grazing is avoided.

A herd management system for monitoring and managing the movements of animals within a herd comprises a user interface for defining one or more virtual fences for each to comprise a paddock, a plurality of wireless tags affixed to the monitored animals, and a network server for managing communications between the user interface and wireless communication with the tags. The tags include devices for stimulating the animal to move as desired by the herd management system, including staying within a paddock or moving from one paddock to another as guided by the system.

The invention concerns the detection of pathogenic mycobacterium comprising Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) and genomic variants in a bulk milk sample, and more particularly a method for herd management that stratifies the risk of bulk tank milk lots derived from diagnostic-tested subgroups potentially containing DNA from pathogenic mycobacterium including Map. The method involves creating defined risk groups (categories) of milk-producing animals, such as dairy cows, for the presence of Map or related genomic variants in their milk. Another aspect of the invention concerns a method to strengthen the ability of milk-producing animals to resist environmental challenges by Map based on identifying those animals that have and maintain a low antibody level to Map using their female progeny as replacement animals.

The invention discloses an intelligent herd management method. The method comprises: enabling a first positioning terminal on a first herd to search Bluetooth signals broadcasted by second positioningterminals on surrounding second herds in real time; judging whether the number of the equipment identification numbers in all the searched Bluetooth signals is smaller than a preset number or not; ifthe number of the equipment identification numbers is smaller than the preset number, obtaining the storage duration that the number of the equipment identification numbers is smaller than the presetnumber; judging whether the storage duration is greater than a preset duration or not; if the storage duration is greater than the preset duration, sending a first livestock outlier alarm request toa server; and enabling the server to send a first livestock outlier alarm message to the user terminal based on the alarm request. According to the invention, the positioning terminal of the first herd judges the own outlier condition by scanning the Bluetooth signal broadcasted by the positioning terminal of the second herd around, and immediately and automatically requests the server to send thealarm message to remind the user when the herd are out of the group, thereby improving the herd management efficiency. The invention further provides an intelligent herd management system.

The invention discloses a grazing method adopting precise daily ration and a fence system used by the grazing method. The method includes the steps of A, grazing the herd in the fence system; B; calculating grassland yield; C, calculating cattle herd daily feed intake; D, determining the grazing area of the fence system according to the grassland yield and the cattle herd daily feed intake; E, allowing the fence system to move automatically after the grazing of each day, and determining the current-day grazing area of the fence system according to the grass yield and cattle herd daily feed intake calculated in real time; F, circulating the step E to achieve grazing adopting precise daily ration. The fence system comprises a watering place and a solar power supply device connected with fence groups. The method has the advantages that under the premise that the natural grazing habits of the herd are followed, the self-propelled fence is arranged to perform planned grazing, grassland utilization rate can be increased, herd management cost can be lowered, forage-animal balance can be optimized, herd nutritional requirements can be satisfied favorably, herd disease infection rate can belowered, and the like.

The invention relates to a pregnant pig intelligent feeding and management pigpen and relates to pigpens in a pig farm. The pregnant pig intelligent feeding and management pigpen is rectangular, and the pigpen has a wall body, windows, a door and a roof. The pigpen is characterized in that a pregnant pig activity limiting area is arranged at one end of the pigpen, a pregnant pig activity area is arranged at the other end of the pigpen, a transverse partition device is arranged between the two areas, the door is arranged on the transverse partition device, an automatic feeding station, a pig lying area fence, a drinking water nozzle and a pregnant pig activity area entrance/exit door are arranged in the pregnant pig activity area, a pig lying area, a pregnant pig channel, a discharge area and a sewage discharging gutter are sequentially arranged on the ground of the pregnant activity area from the middle to the side, the pig lying area fence is arranged on the pig lying area, and a water drinking nozzle is arranged on the wall body of the side of the sewage discharging gutter. The pigpen is reasonable in layout, low in construction cost, and especially applicable to feeding and management of the pregnant pigs of the Volos intelligent system, the pregnant pigs can be raised in a herd management mode, and the pigpen has popularization value.