EP2858483A1 - Installation pour le suivi de la quantité d'aliments ingérés par des animaux, notamment des volailles - Google Patents
Installation pour le suivi de la quantité d'aliments ingérés par des animaux, notamment des volaillesInfo
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- the present invention relates to an installation for recording, during a food intake, the amount of food ingested by animals, such as poultry and more particularly chickens.
- the feeding of poultry is done for example with common feeders where several animals can feed at the same time, these feeders having a linear or circular shape.
- An example of a circular feeder is for example given in the US patent application published April 7, 2005, under the reference US 2005/0072365.
- the particularity of the feeding system is that the feeder and its associated weighing means are mounted in the suspended state on a receiving frame so as to leave free the space between the manger and the ground to facilitate cleaning and avoid weighing errors.
- the installation preferably comprises a plurality of individual feeding systems, aligned side by side, to allow several birds to feed at the same time.
- corridors to restrict access to the feeder to a single animal has the disadvantage of isolating the animal from its congeners, which affects the study of feeding behavior of animals.
- the proposed installation is not suitable for measuring feed consumption from the first days of age of the animal, and it is necessary that the birds have 6 weeks of age to use this manger and record a consumption food.
- An object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved facility for monitoring the amount of food ingested by animals, such as poultry and more particularly chickens, reared in groups on the ground.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an installation for measuring the individual consumption of animals raised in group ground, regardless of the age of the animal.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an installation for measuring the individual consumption of animals reared in groups on the ground that does not change the usual behavior of animals.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an installation for measuring the individual consumption of animals raised in groups on the ground, accurately, simply, and at reduced cost.
- an installation is proposed for monitoring the quantity of food ingested by animals, such as poultry and more particularly chickens, provided with an individual identification code, during a food intake.
- said plant comprising at least one individual feed unit having:
- a manger with an access port for the animal; a feed silo coupled to the feeder for feeding food to the manger;
- a weighing device comprising a weighing gauge for measuring the weight of the feeder
- the installation comprises a plurality of individual feeding units mounted on a single frame so that the different access holes of the feeders are arranged in a circle, the access orifice of each feeder having a size adaptable adapted to receive the head of a single animal, and each reading device is positioned at the access port of the corresponding feeder.
- the frame comprises a fixing base on which the weighing gages are fixed, said fixing base being intended to be fixed to the ground in order to stabilize the weighing gages.
- the fixing base comprises two elements in translation relative to each other by means of a thread, one of the two elements being intended to be fixed to the ground, and the other of the two elements serving as frame support and securing the weighing gages, the installation further comprising a holding device provided to prevent the relative movement of the two elements forming the fixing base, two adjacent access ports are spaced one of the another by a distance sufficient to separate two animals, the distance preferably being at least equal to the diameter of one of the access orifices.
- each individual feeding unit further comprises a device for protecting the reading device, intended to prevent the reading of an individual identification code of an animal not present in the access opening of the corresponding feeder.
- the protection device comprises two protective plates extending from the frame on either side of the access port of the corresponding feeder, the protection plates are mounted to move in translation on the frame,
- the feed silo comprises a cylindrical tube having a beveled end
- the feeder comprises a tray for receiving food having an inclined wall for cooperating with the beveled end of the feed silo, the feeder further comprising a lid arranged on the tray and comprising the access orifice for the animal.
- the plant further comprises a vibration unit coupled to each feed silo to promote the flow of food from the feed silo to the feeder of each individual feed unit,
- the installation further comprises a processing unit having:
- a receiver for receiving the data measured by the weighing device and the reading device of each individual power supply unit, and a computer for processing said measured data
- the installation comprises a single access space in which the frame and the associated individual power units are located.
- each individual power unit does not have an isolation corridor.
- Figure 1 is a perspective representation of a feed silo with the associated feeder
- Figure 2 is a perspective representation of the feed silo and feeder of Figure 1, with the feeder cover and the weighing device;
- Figure 3 is a perspective representation of an individual power unit mounted on the frame of an installation according to the invention;
- Figure 4 is a schematic side view of an individual power unit mounted on the frame of an installation according to the invention.
- Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating a possible positioning of the reading device at the feeder
- Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating another possible positioning of the reading device at the feeder
- Figures 7A and 7B are schematic views illustrating the cooperation between the feed silo and the trough of the feeder
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the circular arrangement of the individual power units mounted on the frame of the installation according to the invention.
- Figure 9 is a perspective view illustrating the fully assembled installation according to one embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 10 is a representation of an installation of the prior art for monitoring the feeding of poultry, with isolation corridor;
- Figure 1 1 is a representation of a traditional circular configuration installation for feeding poultry. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
- the facility proposed for the monitoring, during a food intake, of the quantity of food ingested by animals is presented with reference to poultry farming and more particularly the breeding of chickens, but the lessons could be be suitable for animals with similar physical characteristics and breeding conditions.
- the proposed facility for individual monitoring of feed intake in poultry comprises a feeding structure 1 which incorporates a plurality of individual feeding units 10 arranged in a circle, so as to form a circular feeding structure 1. More specifically, the installation comprises a plurality of individual power supply units 10 which are mounted on a single frame 50, that is to say a single frame 50, in a circular configuration. Each individual feeding unit 10 comprises a feed trough 11 with an access port 13 having a size adapted to receive the head of a single bird, and the individual feeding units 10 are mounted on the frame 50 so that that the access ports 1 13 corresponding feeders 1 1 describe a circle, giving the feed structure 1 this circular configuration.
- Each individual feeding unit 10 therefore comprises a manger 1 1, illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, which is intended to receive the feed to be supplied to the poultry.
- This feeder 1 1 is coupled to a feed silo 12, which is provided to ensure a regular filling of the feeder January 1 food, preferably continuously, for example according to a filling threshold of the feeder 1 1.
- the manger 1 1 has the particularity of having an access port 1 13 provided for receiving the head of a single fowl, thus limiting access to the feeder 10 to a single fowl at a time. To do this, the size of the access port 1 13 is sized according to the size of the head of the poultry farm batch.
- the size of the access port 1 13 is adaptable, that is to say adjustable over time, manually or automatically, so that the manger 1 1 is adapted for the feeding of poultry throughout its development, from the youngest age (a few days) to adulthood (several weeks), and is particularly suitable for poultry farms where breeding ends early enough, for example to 6 weeks old, for slaughtering poultry.
- the manger 1 1 comprises a tray 1 10 for receiving food arriving from the feed silo 12, this tank 1 10 serving as a reservoir for the food that the animal will consume directly from the port of access 1 13 of the manger 1 1.
- the feed silo 12 comprises a cylindrical tube 120 having a bevelled end 121
- the feed trough 1 1 comprises a trough 1 10 to receive the food having an inclined wall 1 January 1 intended to cooperate with the end 121 bevel feed silo 12.
- This cooperation is illustrated in Figure 7A where we see the partially tapered portion of the end 121 of the tube cylindrical 120 come to bear against the inclined wall 1 1 1 of the tank 1 10.
- FIG 7B is illustrated a feed silo 12 with the end 121 of the cylindrical tube 120 fully beveled. In this case, it is not necessary that the feed silo 12 bears against the inclined wall of the trough 1 10 of the feeder 1 1. Such an arrangement of the feed silo also makes it possible to carry out the tests. flow of food in the feed silo 12, by sliding a shutter plate 1 14 to determine the optimum opening of the cylindrical tube 120 from which can be deduced the dimensions of the end partially tapered 121 and the inclination of the inclined wall 1 1 1 of the bin 1 10 of the manger 1 1. It is furthermore preferable to ensure that the food does not overflow the individual tank 1 10.
- the access port 1 13 can be manufactured directly on the tray 1 10 of the manger 1 1.
- the manger 1 1 comprises a cover January 12 provided to be mounted on the tray 1 10 so as to close its opening, and the access port 1 13 is arranged on the cover 1 12.
- the access orifice 1 13 is circular and inclined with respect to the ground as illustrated in FIG. 2.
- This arrangement obliges the poultry, to feed, to completely insert their head into the manger 1 1 through the access port 1 13.
- the size of the orifice is adjusted according to the age of the animal and its genotype and limits access to only one animal at a time.
- the animal sorts the food its head is through the orifice inside the feed unit and the waste of the grains is thus avoided, the grains set aside remaining in the feed. manger. This makes it possible to avoid errors in the measurement of the weight of consumed food that would be due to the food left the manger 1 1.
- the access port 1 13 is circular, the diameter of this access port 1 13 may vary between 2 cm and 6 cm.
- the diameter of the access port 1 13 varies as follows:
- Each individual supply unit 10 further comprises a reading device 20 adapted for reading an individual identification code carried by the animal.
- This identification system is intended to allow the individual identification of the poultry that comes to feed in the manger 1 1 associated with the individual feeding unit 10.
- Any identification technology can be considered as codesystems. but the preferred technology is RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification).
- each poultry with an RFID chip, such as a transponder encapsulated in a glass capsule to withstand the constraints of raising poultry group floor.
- RFID chip referenced EM4305 - 3.15 * 13.3mm L / E - 134.2 kHz marketed by the company Axem Technology.
- an RFID tag such as for example one of the hyper-frequency RFID tags proposed by AGID.
- the RFI chip D is preferably placed in the upper neck of the poultry, close to the crest of the chick. This particular positioning is advantageous in that it allows good identification while not disturbing the animal.
- the device 20 for reading the individual identification code carried by the animal is positioned at the access orifice 1 13 of the manger 1 1 in an optimized manner for reading the animal that comes to feed in said manger 1 1.
- the location of the reading device 20 is chosen to maximize the reading of the code carried by the animal while minimizing the risk of interference between the signals of the different RFID chips.
- the reading device 20 may optionally be placed on the side walls of the tray 1 10 but outside the manger 1 1.
- Another possibility is to provide a reading device 20 integrated in one of the walls of the manger 1 1, by overmolding for example.
- Another position, illustrated in Figure 6, is to place the reading device 20 above the access port 1 13 through which the animal passes the head to feed. This positioning also makes it possible not to frighten the birds when they feed.
- the detection range of the readers 20, in particular RFID is adapted for such a location.
- Each individual feeding unit 10 further comprises a weighing device 30 which comprises a weighing gauge 31 for measuring the weight of the feeder 1 1.
- a weighing device 30 thus makes it possible to follow the evolution of the weight of the feeder and therefore to deduce the amount of food consumed over time, to derive the individual consumption of poultry by correlating this consumption data with the identification data of poultry.
- Monitoring the evolution of the weight of the feeder associated with the identification of the animal that comes to eat allows to establish the curve of consumption of this animal.
- the data processing can also raise the hours of consumption (beginning, duration, end) for an animal to refine its consumption curve.
- a weighing device 30 to monitor the weight of the manger 1 1 is advantageous in that it is easier to implement than monitoring the weight of the animal that feeds. Indeed it is easier to weigh a mass of grain in a container, a poultry always moving and which, moreover, must be properly isolated from other poultry.
- the weighing device 30 needs to be less accurate in measuring the evolution of the weight of the feeder 11 relative to a measurement of the weight of the poultry.
- the weighing device 30 is chosen so that it can be positioned in a low volume and constrained, for example a weighing capacity of 0 kg to 3 kg with for example an accuracy of ⁇ 0.1 g, and able to withstand the conditions of the henhouse (dust, water, vibrations ).
- the MTB weighing sensor proposed by Mettler Toledo can be used.
- the weighing device 30 comprises a weighing gauge 31 having an end fixed to a support member 51 1 of a fastening base 51 of the frame 50.
- This support element 51 1 is also attached to the ground , either directly or via a fastening element 512. This attachment to the ground avoids vibrations at the level of the weighing gauge 31 which could disrupt its operation.
- the other end of the weighing gauge 31 is fixed to the feeder 1 1, for example under the tray 1 1 1, so that the manger 1 1 rests on the weighing gauge 31.
- the weighing sensor 31 measures the weight of all the parts that it supports, including in particular the food contained in the manger, depending on the bending deformation it undergoes.
- each individual supply unit 10 is mounted on the frame 50 to form the circular feed structure 1.
- each individual supply unit 10 is fixed on the attachment base 51 of the frame 50 via the weighing device 30.
- the frame 50 further comprises a reinforcing member 52 comprising a central bar 521 parallel to the feed silos 12 of the individual feed units 10, and one or more transverse bars 522 fixed to the central bar to balance and reinforce the frame 50.
- the reinforcing member 52 comprises furthermore a guide cover 523 provided with a plurality of orifices for receiving the cylindrical tubes of the feed silos 12. This arrangement makes it possible to mount the individual feeding units 10 in a sliding manner with respect to the frame 50, facilitating the operation of the weighing device 30.
- the fastening base 51 of the frame 50 comprises two elements in translation relative to one another, for example by means of a thread.
- This configuration facilitates the height adjustment of the feed structure. Indeed, the portion attached to the individual supply units 10 is threaded and the other portion is threaded to achieve the height adjustment by screwing or unscrewing the frame 50 incorporating the individual supply units 10.
- One of the two elements corresponds to the fixing element 512 which is intended to be fixed to the ground for the stabilization of the whole of the supply structure.
- the other element is the support element 51 1 serving to support the frame 50 and to secure the weighing gauges 31.
- the installation preferably comprises a holding device 524 designed to prevent the relative movement of the two elements forming the fixing base.
- a hook system with a tensioned cable can be used to keep the feed structure in position, especially after the height has been correctly adjusted. This arrangement allows in particular to maintain the position despite the efforts exerted by the birds on the feeders.
- the individual power supply units 10 are mounted on the frame 50 in a circular arrangement.
- the number of these individual feed units 10 for the same feed structure may vary, but it is important to provide sufficient space between two adjacent access ports 13 to prevent the birds from interfering with or even overlapping with each other.
- the distance separating two adjacent access orifices 13 is at least equal to the diameter of one of the access orifices 13.
- the proposed feed structure comprises between 6 and 10 individual units. 10, with a further preference for a configuration with 8 individual supply units 10.
- the frame 50 may further comprise a protective casing 53, having for example a substantially cylindrical shape, and intended to protect the different individual supply units 10 of the supply structure.
- each individual supply unit 10 of the feed structure is associated with a protection device 40 of the reading device 20, intended to prevent the reading of an individual identification code of an animal. not present in the access port 1 13 of the corresponding manger 1 1.
- the protection device 40 may comprise two protective plates (41; 42) extending from the protective casing 53 of the frame 50 on either side of the access port 1 13 of the feeder 1 1 corresponding.
- These protection plates (41; 42) are only intended to limit or even eliminate any interference between the various reading devices 20 of the installation. They have no function of isolating the poultry during feeding, and their size and positioning are chosen instead to not form a corridor from isolating the poultry from each other.
- protective plates (41; 42) are, if necessary, positioned sufficiently far from the access ports 1 13 and preferably have a small width of a few centimeters.
- the protection plates have dimensions substantially equal to the portion of the feeder 1 1 protruding from the cylindrical protective housing 53, and corresponding to the tray 1 1 1 and the cover 1 12 associated.
- These guard plates (41; 42), as well as the guard 53 or other parts of the feed structure, can be made of a transparent material, which reduces the possible feeling of isolation on the part of poultry.
- the installation does not include any protective plates (41; 42) thus limiting the volume of space of this installation.
- they are not necessary when the reading devices 20 are chosen and positioned so as not to interfere with each other. It can also be provided to position interference protection elements within the volume defined by the protective housing 53.
- the protective device 40 comprises protective boxes coming between two adjacent feeders 1 1, so as to form a substantially continuous ring with the portions of the feeders 1 1 projecting from the housing Protection cylinders 53.
- These protective housings are therefore preferably crown portions, defined for example by a curved tube of rectangular section having a width and a length corresponding to the depth and height of the portions of the feeders 1 1 protruding by This solution makes it possible not to increase the overall size of the installation while at the same time making it possible to reduce or even eliminate interference between the power supply units.
- each feed silo 12 is fed, for example grains, via a main silo connected to the feed structure.
- the flow of the grains through the flow silo into the trough 1 10 of the feeder 11 depends, among other things, on the particle size distribution, the shape of the flow tubes, the opening size to the reservoir of food and moisture.
- the electric vibrators one can opt for example for a device comprising a vibrating motor with electromagnets, which has the advantage of being small and inexpensive.
- the device is controlled so that the vibration is done intermittently so as not to disturb the weighing sensors 30.
- This processing unit preferably comprises a receiver for receiving the data measured by the weighing device 30 and the reading device 20 of each individual power supply unit 10, and a computer for processing said measured data.
- the communication between the reading and weighing devices 30 and the receiver of the processing unit may be wired, but wireless communication may also be envisaged, with the caveat that the wireless communication technology used does not interfere with the communication. reading individual identification codes.
- the processing unit is designed to process the harvested data in order to deduce individual consumption statistics from each farm poultry. In addition to daily consumption per animal, we can study the date, frequency and duration of meals to draw conclusions about the feeding behavior of poultry, and correlate this information to their growth. Moreover, the data collected allow the processing unit to calculate the consumption index, that is to say the quantity ingested by the animal to obtain a kilogram of meat, from which the effectiveness can be evaluated. poultry raised on the ground. This allows a monitoring of the amount of food ingested by the poultry. In addition, it may be planned to record all these data for later analysis.
- the feed structure further comprises means for evaluating the mass of the poultry, and / or the mass of wasted food, and / or the number of beaks during each "meal" poultry ".
- the study of the individual consumption of poultry reared in group ground is particularly advantageous since it allows to introduce a new criterion of selection of these poultry which corresponds to the food efficiency under conditions of traditional breeding.
- the study of individual consumption of group poultry on the ground also helps to better understand the social structure of a group of poultry and its influence on consumption.
- the proposed facility for individual monitoring of the amount of food ingested by animals with a circular feed structure is very advantageous compared to linear facilities requiring isolation corridors to obtain individual consumption data.
- the proposed circular feeding structure is devoid of isolation corridors, which makes it possible to avoid separating the birds during their consumption of food and to modify their usual behavior accordingly.
- Facilities with isolation corridors also have reliability problems since they do not completely eliminate the risk of several birds entering the corridor and feeding at the same time, thus distorting the harvest data collected.
- there is a higher mortality of poultry which is due to the fact that poultry can not feed ad-libitum.
- the installation is therefore without isolation corridor for guiding animals to the access port of each feeder.
- the installation comprises a feed structure and a single access space, that is to say that the feed structure is located in a space providing animals with access to the various access orifices of the feeders. 360 ° feeders compared to the circular configuration of the structure.
- the installation comprises several different access spaces, namely a specific access space for each feeder, this space being created by the siding corridors.
- Lot 1 34 animals equipped with low-frequency chips accessing an installation No. 1 with isolation corridor, similar to that presented in document FR 2,893,822 and described below, and represented in FIG. 10;
- Lot 2 33 animals equipped with low-frequency chips accessing a facility No. 2, in accordance with the proposed installation and described above;
- Lot 3 32 "control" animals accessing a facility No. 3 corresponding to a traditional circular feeder, that is to say without a system for monitoring the feeding of animals, and shown in Figure 1 1.
- Installation # 1 provides a single access to the feeder, which is preceded by a 30 cm long, 30 cm high solid wood walled corridor that is adjustable in width to accommodate the width of the corridor at the age of the animal and therefore to its development. The access on the side of the corridor is obstructed so as not to disturb the reading of the chips.
- This installation is equipped with a scale placed under the feeder. This scale is connected to an interface linking a chip reader and its ring-shaped antenna (fixed at the level of the head passage of the feeder). The interface connects the scale and the chip reader to software running on a computer in the experiment room. When an animal feeds and passes the head in the ring, the reading of the chip triggers a weighing of the feeder. The weight of the food and the number of the animal are displayed on the computer screen and recorded. The consumption is calculated by the difference in the weight of the feeder between the moment when the animal's chip is read by the reader and the moment when it is read at the head exit of the animal.
- anatomical measurements weight of the carcass, weight of the proventricles, weight of the gizzards and weight of the intestines.
- the average animal weights are significantly higher for lots 2 and 3 compared to lot 1 for weights at 3, 10, 17 and 70 days. At 1 day, there is no difference between the weights of the animals of the three lots. As early as 3 days of age, the animals of lot 1 show a retardation of growth that they will not catch up to the slaughter and this same with the fall of strength related to the excessive mortality between 3 days and 10 days ( see Table 3).
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