Abstract
This paper describes a cost effective Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology for monitoring the health of dairy cows. By monitoring and understanding the cow individual and herd behaviour, farmers can potentially identify the onset of illness, lameness or other undesirable health conditions. However, the WSN implementation needs to cope with various technical challenges before it can be
suitably and routinely applied in cow management. This paper discusses results concerning data transportation (i.e. mobility) from the cow mounted sensory devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Anforderungen an die Agrarinformatik durch Globalisierung und Klimaveränderung. Referate der 29. GIL-Jahrestagung |
| Pages | 173-176 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2009 |
Keywords
- dairy farming
- cattle
- WSM
- Wireless Sensor Network
- cow management
- data transportation
- cow mounted sensory devices