Fertility and animal welfare monitoring based on multiple on-farm data streams

1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Fertility and animal welfare monitoring based on multiple on-farm data streams
UC2.3.
HERDSMAN+
Coordinators: Ivan Andonovic, Craig Michie
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884

2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Value Proposition
• Fertility/Welfare - Neck-Mounted Collars
• Integration of Multiple On-Farm Data streams

3. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Neck-Mounted Collars
Neck-mounted collars indicating the onset of
oestrus (heat) and illness conditions on
individual animals
Lower Calving Index
Reduced Costs > E 100 per CI day per cow
Weight
Locationfor
Collar Sensor
Ultra low
power
Processor
Ultra low
power
Processor
Flash
Memory
Battery
Sensor
X, Y, Z
Axis

4. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
The decline in the fertility in dairy animals and the
impact of increased occurrence of illness which both
have a negative impact on milk production.
Major Industry Challenge Improvements (KPIs)
Pregnancy
Rate
Neck-Mounted Collars: Product Factsheet
Industry lead heat detection (2017)
• Reduced Calving Index
• Higher profitability
Welfare Alerts
• improve animal health
• reduce operational costs.
Milk Yield
Accuracy of
Prediction
Core Product Features
Herdsman+
Customers & Providers Alerts for the onset of heat - improved fertility.
Eating/Rumination Alerts – improved welfare.
Farmers
+10%
+10%
+5%
Values derived from comparison of a standard farm’s
performance prior to the installation of the system and
after.
Welfare +5%
e.g. Afimilk

5. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Integration with other equipment
Neck-mounted collars indicating the onset of
oestrus (heat) and illness conditions on
individual animals
Milking Robots induce individual animals to
milking automatically and more often
Accurate measurements of fat, lactose, protein
content four quarter conductivity and milking
time variation data for each milking
Identification of illness and automate
treatment

6. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement №731884
Product/Feature Time Plan
July 2020
• accurate prediction of other
illness
• housed/free-grazing farm
systems
• PC on-farm and cloud
storage
• Internet access
July 2018
• initial prediction of Mastitis
only
• interrogation of disparate
databases
• preliminary user presentation
• housed dairy farming
• PC on-farm
• Internet access preferred
Jan 2019
• accurate prediction of the
onset of Mastitis
• interrogation of disparate
databases
• alerts generated
• housed dairy farming
• PC on-farm and cloud storage
• Internet access
MVP2 MVP3 Feature Enhancement 1MVP1
July 2019
• accurate prediction of the
onset of Mastitis
• an integrated database
• alerts generated
• housed dairy farming
• PC on-farm and cloud storage
• Internet access