The Platform Development of a Real-Time Momentum Data Collection System for Livestock in Wide Grazing Land

Abstract

In the process of animal husbandry production through grazing, animals are active in large grassland or mountain areas, and it is very difficult to obtain and deal with the information on animal activity and state of life. In this paper, we propose a platform for operation of data transmission and analysis system which gathers activity and status information of livestock. The data collected in real time from integrated livestock sensor modules are anticipated to assist farmers to supervise animal activities and health. While at the same time the improvements of viable farming techniques are expected to reduce the impact of the livestock industry on the environment. For the individual management of target livestock, the data collection system needs a convergence technology with a physical active sensor, a wireless sensor network and solar power technology to cover the wide area of mountains. We implemented a momentum data collection system to collect and transfer the information of ecological and situations of livestock in grazing, which include sensor and communication modules, repeaters with solar panels to cover the problems of communications in wide grazing and a receiver connected to main server. Besides, in order to prevent data collisions and deviations on multiple transmitter operation, we renewed the format of the communication protocol and made a platform to analyze animal activities information by software. Finally, the system and platform were applied and tested in National Rural Development Administration in Republic of Korea.

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“…Similarly, Zhang et al [2] presented a platform for real-time data transmission and analysis of livestock. The platform is an integration of wireless sensor nodes mounted on livestock and repeaters for data relay and processing.…”

Applications of livestock monitoring devices and machine learning algorithms in animal production and reproduction: an overview

“…However, this task demands detailed information about the data itself, such as type, origin, size and destination, which are required to form a package that must be transferred in small blocks of information. As illustrated by Zhang et al (2018) , the collected information is structured as a data unit packet to provide the metadata needed to identify the origin of the data and how it was composed. They have created a specific protocol to encapsulate all this information about the data and to create a unit packet to be transmitted, as it is essential to trace back the information and also to check if the data is corrupted during transmission.…”

GPS Tracking to Monitor the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cattle Behavior and Their Relationship with Feces Distribution

“…Scientific literature has identified several factors with a significant effect on grazing behavior and animal distribution, e.g., stocking rate, water and shade location [ 6 ], climate conditions or pasture characteristics [ 7 ]. Thus, characterizing and understanding animal behavior on pasture is crucial to develop management strategies favoring productivity and, at the same time, avoiding or decreasing the potential negative impact of grazing on the environment [ 22 ]. Some authors have pointed out that by predicting or monitoring the sites of livestock dung deposition, the environmental risks associated with an excessive nutrient load can be reduced [ 23 ].…”