Precision farming in improvement of dairy cattle welfare
Authors
Stanković, BranislavHristov, Slavča
Ostojić Andrić, Dušica
Milošević-Stanković, Ivana
Nakov, Dimitar
Rašović Bojanić, Mirjana
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The welfare of dairy cattle is a complex phenomenon, which
requires multilevel, multidimensional and planned approach. Precision livestock
farming (PLF) enables farm animal welfare focusing from the group level to
monitoring and managing individual animals of different categories, which is
enabled by use of new advanced technologies.
The basic principle of precision agriculture is the use of sensor
technologies in order to improve the efficiency of given narrow thresholds resource
use. A range of precision livestock monitoring and control technologies have been
developed, primarily to improve livestock production efficiency, but more precise
and delicate use may be very applicable in early detection of certain conditions, for
example initial lameness in dairy cows, real-time surveillance when calving, or
distant body temperature variations measuring of individual animals, when early
and more efficient therapeutic measures could be undertaken. Environmental
monitoring and c...ontrol in barns can improve animal comfort, and automatic
milking systems facilitate animal choice and improve human-animal interactions.
According literature data, previous and future investigations are
encouraging possibility of PLF mechanisms use into automated barn surveillance
systems in order to assess, control and improve dairy cattle welfare in entire
production process through prompt reaction.
Keywords:
cattle, improvement, precision livestock farming, sensors, surveillance, welfareSource:
Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium "Modern Trends in Livestock Production", 10-2021Publisher:
- Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia