PowerPointPrsentation

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Precision Livestock Farming - A chance for
farmers and consumers - Dr. Jens-Peter
Ratschow President of VDI-MEG 1st European
Conference On Precision Livestock Farming ( ECPLF
)
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Promote consumer acceptance by Precision
Livestock Farming
Economics

• Reduced use of medicaments
• Optimal conditions for the animals
• High standard of working conditions
• Secure incomes

• Documentation
• Animal products of high quality
• Minimised environmental impacts
• High level of animal welfare

Cost management
Hygiene management
Quality manage- ment
Compound systems
Precision Livestock Farming
Ecology
Ethology
Livestock breeding
Process technology
Animal nutrition
Veterinary medicine
Quality of products
Ratschow, 1999
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Precision Livestock Farming
Farm- and Animal Data
Computer coupling, Internet
Computer coupling
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Examples of
Sensors in Livestock Management
Housing
Animal
Parameter
Measures

• For nutrient intake quality mass
• Individual animal or group identification
• For veterinary activities
• Temperature measurement
• For yield recording
• Opto-electronic sensors
• Weight determination

• Temperature
• Moisture
• NH3 and others
• Light

• Animal health
• Product quality
• Labour quality
• Energy savings
• Reduction of environ-
• mental impacts

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Example of data flow
Management System Milk Production
Dairy determines quantity and quality
Quality data
LKV examines milking machines if Milk Hygiene
Regulation values are exceeded
Milk quality

• LKV
• Voluntary monitoring
• data concerning
• milk ingredients
• cell counts
• - germ counts

Health management
Milk ingredients
Quantity management
Farmer takes decisions for the production process
Priority in management
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Example of external data flow
Management System Pig Fattening
Slaughterhouse determines quantity and quality
Quality data

• QS
• Voluntary self-monitoring
• Conformity w. animal needs
• Material flows
• Process cycles
• Environmental impacts

Slaughter quality

• State
• veterinary
• environment-law
• building planning-law
• controls

Health management
Daily weight gain
Marketing strategy
Farmer takes decisions for the production process
Priority in management
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Interactive control link Between feeding and
climate
Feeding control
ok.
- Futtermenge entsprechend Futterkurve
- Futtermenge Futterabzug
- Feed quantity feed deduction and cooling
Climate control
too high
ok.
erhöht
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Live picture
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Marketing management

• Piglet price / buying-in time
• Optimaler slaughter date ( quality and weight )
• Market price
• Final marketing / selling time
• with / without post-fattening ? number
  of fattening lots