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T1 Prediction of Cow Calving in Extensive Livestock Using a New Neck-Mounted Sensorized Wearable Device: A Pilot Study
A1 González Sánchez, Carlos
A1 Sánchez Brizuela, Guillermo
A1 Cisnal De La Rica, Ana
A1 Fraile Marinero, Juan Carlos
A1 Pérez Turiel, Javier
A1 Fuente López, Eusebio de la
K1 cow
K1 extensive livestock
K1 sensorized wearable device
K1 monitoring
K1 parturition prediction
AB In this study, new low-cost neck-mounted sensorized wearable device is presented to help farmers detect the onset of calving in extensive livestock farming by continuously monitoring cow data. The device incorporates three sensors: an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, and a thermometer. The hypothesis of this study was that onset calving is detectable through the analyses of the number of transitions between lying and standing of the animal (lying bouts). A new algorithm was developed to detect calving, analysing the frequency and duration of lying and standing postures. An important novelty is that the proposed algorithm has been designed with the aim of being executed in the embedded microcontroller housed in the cow’s collar and, therefore, it requires minimal computational resources while allowing for real time data processing. In this preliminary study, six cows were monitored during different stages of gestation (before, during, and after calving), both with the sensorized wearable device and by human observers. It was carried out on an extensive livestock farm in Salamanca (Spain), during the period from August 2020 to July 2021. The preliminary results obtained indicate that lying-standing animal states and transitions may be useful to predict calving. Further research, with data obtained in future calving of cows, is required to refine the algorithm.
PB MDPI
SN 1424-8220
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-02
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73264
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73264
LA spa
NO Sensors, December, 2021, vol. 21, n. 23, p. 8060
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-ene-2025