Engineering technologies enable real time information monitoring in pig production

Abstract

Reliable and affordable technology for collecting and managing livestock production process information is being developed. The advances in data measurement, collection and transfer technology enable us to retrieve information from one or more remote sites to be processed and managed centrally. This opens up the opportunity to advance from open loop, prescriptive production to closed loop systems where factors influencing the actual performance of animals are used to modify and improve their production parameters (feed, environment, medication). We strive from producing animals by predicting what is needed using outdated data, to measuring what is actually happening as they grow, processing this information and acting to optimise animal performance by modifying production parameters in real time.This paper describes commercially available systems that make possible the retrieval, collection, processing and distribution of near real time production information. Various aspects of production management using this technology are discussed, and examples of how it can be applied to monitor water usage, how it relates to pig performance and how energy usage can be influenced, are considered.

247 Prediction of daily water intake of pigs during a 41-day nursery phase

“…This shows research for the future and how real-time water intake on the farm can be used to predict problems that arise in the herd. This correlates with Brumm, (2006), Bird et al, (2001), andNational Pork Board (2015) that state the multiple possibilities that can be implemented when using real-time water intake monitors. To the authors' knowledge this is the first equation provided for water intake of swine based on days in the nursery.…”

Avaliação do comportamento de suínos em ambientes com diferentes sistemas de resfriamentos utilizando modelos computacionais

“…Dessa forma, o comportamento da permanência do animal no comedouro, intervalo das refeições, o número de refeições diárias contém informações importantes, que podem permitir aos produtores gerenciar melhor sua granja (BROWN-BRANDL et al, 2013). Além disso, o comportamento de beber água dos suínos pode ser indicativo de enfermidade, como distúrbios intestinais e condições de temperatura interna corporal (BIRD; CRABTREE; SCHOFIELD, 2001;KASHIHA et al, 2013).…”