KR20230090173A - Water intake monitoring system and method of individual cow - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring drinking water per individual cow. The present invention is a drinking water monitoring system for cows raised in a barn, comprising: a milk collection device for milking and storing cow's milk; A measuring device for generating drinking water quantity estimation data of cows; and a control server that calculates the amount of drinking water of the cow based on the drinking water amount estimation data.

Description

Water intake monitoring system and method for each dairy cow {WATER INTAKE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INDIVIDUAL COW}

The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring drinking water per individual cow.

Water is an essential medium for metabolism such as nutrient absorption, waste excretion, and body temperature maintenance in dairy cows.

In particular, the drinking water activity of dairy cows is closely related to growth, milk production, and breeding, and can be used as an important indicator for identifying health problems. may promote absorption.

In general cow farms, it is possible to manage only drinking water by farm unit by using a drinking tank connected to each right and a flow sensor (water meter) installed in the front room, and it is difficult to manage drinking water by individual.

Moreover, it is difficult to accurately calculate how much water the cow drank or the amount of drinking water due to the possibility of loss around the drinking tank during drinking water activity or playing with water.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method capable of calculating and monitoring the amount of drinking water for each cow.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a drinking water monitoring system for cows raised in a barn, comprising: a milk collection device for milking and storing cow's milk; A measuring device for generating drinking water quantity estimation data of cows; and a control server that calculates the amount of drinking water of the cow based on the drinking water amount estimation data.

The present invention may further include a terminal receiving sound quantity estimation data or negative quantity from the control server.

In the present invention, the milk collection device includes a milking device for milking cow's milk; and a connection tube through which the milked milk moves.

In the present invention, the measuring device includes a temperature sensor installed in the barn to measure the ambient temperature of the barn; A weight sensor installed in the barn to measure the weight of the cow; A milk production sensor installed in the connection tube to measure the cow's milk production; and a milk fat amount measuring sensor installed in the connection tube to measure the milk fat amount of the milked milk.

In the present invention, the control server includes a communication unit that receives at least one of milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight from a measuring device; a calculation unit for calculating the amount of drinking water based on at least one of milk production, milk fat, ambient temperature, and body weight; and a memory unit for storing at least one of milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, body weight, and drinking water amount.

In addition, in order to achieve another object, the present invention is a method for monitoring the amount of drinking water of cows raised in a barn, comprising the steps of milking and storing cow's milk; generating cow water quantity estimation data; and calculating the amount of drinking water of the cow based on the drinking water amount estimation data.

The present invention may further include receiving the negative quantity estimation data or the negative quantity.

In the present invention, the step of generating water quantity estimation data includes measuring the ambient temperature of the barn; Weighing cows; Measuring the milk production of cows; and measuring the amount of milk fat in the milked milk.

In the present invention, calculating the amount of drinking water includes receiving at least one of milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight; Calculating an amount of drinking water based on at least one of milk production, milk fat, ambient temperature, and body weight; and storing at least one of milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, body weight, and drinking water amount.

The drinking water amount monitoring system and method for each cow according to the present invention collects data necessary for estimating the drinking water amount through a measuring device, and through this, it is possible to calculate the drinking water amount of the cow.

In addition, since drinking water amount estimation data and drinking water amount can be transmitted to the manager's terminal, the manager can check the cow's health condition in real time.

1 and 2 are sequential block diagrams and conceptual diagrams of a drinking water monitoring system for each individual cow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of the control server shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a monitoring method using the drinking water monitoring system for each individual cow shown in FIG. 2 in a time-sequential manner.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating steps of generating the negative quantity estimation data shown in FIG. 4 in a time-sequential manner.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the step of calculating the amount of negative water shown in FIG. 4 in a time-sequential manner.
7 is a table showing the average temperature for each season obtained from dairy farms.
8 is a graph showing a comparison between the amount of oil produced and the estimated value of the amount of drinking water.
9 is a graph showing the estimated amount of drinking water according to the season.
10 is a graph showing an estimated amount of drinking water according to average temperature.

In order to explain in detail to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily practice the technical idea of the present invention, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, in adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10, a drinking water monitoring system and method for each cow according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 and 2 are sequential block diagrams and conceptual diagrams of a drinking water amount monitoring system for each individual cow according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the control server shown in FIG. 2 .

And, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a monitoring method using the drinking water monitoring system for each cow shown in FIG. 2 in a time-sequential manner.

Referring to Figures 1 to 4, the drinking water monitoring system for each cow (100, S100, hereinafter referred to as 'system') is a drinking water monitoring system for cows raised in a barn 10, and milks and stores cow's milk. It may include a milk collection device 110 to do. (S110)

In addition, the system 100 may include a measuring device 120 for generating cow's water quantity estimation data and a control server 130 for calculating the cow's drinking water quantity based on the drinking water quantity estimation data (S120, S130). )

That is, by calculating the amount of drinking water through the estimation data of the drinking water quantity, drinking water management for each individual dairy cow is possible, so that drinking water management at the existing farmhouse level can be excluded.

The system 100 further includes a terminal 140 that receives the sound quantity estimation data or the negative quantity from the control server 130, and a manager monitors the sound quantity estimation data and the negative quantity through the terminal 140 in real time. You can. (S140)

The terminal 140 is PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication)-2000 , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, smartphones, smart pads, tablet PCs, etc. It may correspond to devices including all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices and computing devices such as stationary PCs and notebooks.

The milk collecting device 110 includes a milking device 111 for milking cow's milk, a tank 112 accommodating the milked milk, and a connection tube 113, and the tank 112 is a cylindrical cylinder with an empty inside. As a form, it can be manufactured using a known material with a certain rigidity, such as iron, alloy steel, and synthetic resin material.

The connection tube 113 has one end connected to the milking device 111 and the other end connected to the tank 112, and the milked milk flows through the milking device 111, and the milked milk is connected to the connection tube ( 113) may be accommodated in the tank 112.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating steps of generating the negative quantity estimation data shown in FIG. 4 in a time-sequential manner.

Referring to FIG. 5, the measuring device 120 includes a temperature sensor 121 installed in the barn 10 to measure the ambient temperature of the barn 10, and a temperature sensor 121 installed in the barn 10 to measure the weight of cows. It may include a weight sensor 122 for measuring. (S121, S122)

In addition, the measuring device 120 is installed in the connection tube 113 to measure the milk production amount of the cow 123 and the milk production sensor 123 installed in the connection tube 113 to measure the milk fat amount of milked milk A milk fat measurement sensor 124 may be included. (S123, S124)

The measuring device 120 may be fixed to the barn 10 and the connecting tube 113 via a known fixing member such as a bolt, nut, piece, or tie.

That is, data necessary for estimating the amount of drinking water, such as the ambient temperature, body weight, milk production amount, and milk fat amount, can be generated through the measuring device 120 .

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the step of calculating the amount of negative water shown in FIG. 4 in a time-sequential manner.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the control server 130 may include a communication unit 131 that receives at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight from the measuring device 120 (S131).

In addition, the control server 130 includes a calculation unit 132 that calculates the drinking water amount based on at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight, and at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, body weight, and drinking water amount. It may include a memory unit 133 for storing any one. (S132, S133)

The communication unit 131 may be interconnected with the measurement device 120, the control server 130, and the terminal 140 via a network, and the network may be configured regardless of its networking form, such as wired and wireless. .

For example, it may be composed of various communication networks such as a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), and a wide area network (WAN). Preferably, the communication network referred to in the present invention It can consist of an interconnected internet between countries around the world.

The calculation unit 132 may calculate the amount of negative water using Equation 1 below based on the estimated data of the amount of negative water measured by the measuring device 120 at the site.

이다.Here, WI is drinking water (kg/day), milkFat is milk fat amount (kg/day), milk is milk production (kg/day), BW is body weight (kg), WOL is milking week, and mnTMP is the average daily minimum temperature (

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The control server 130 further includes a notification unit 134 that transmits and outputs a warning signal to the terminal 140 when the amount of drinking water is less than the reference value. It can be made aware to check the status. (S134)

7 is a table showing the average temperature for each season obtained from dairy farms.

The present invention used the water quantity estimation data from January 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021 for farms located in Anseong City to build the system 100.

The number of collected data is 19,593 for 91 dairy cows, and in estimating the amount of drinking water, a total of 19,547 was calculated after considering the abnormality of the system 100 and excluding values of 50% or less compared to the average milk production by individual as outliers. used

And, by time period, the number of data for spring (March-May), summer (June-August), fall (September-November), and winter (December-February) was 3,502, 3,848, 4,714, 7,483, respectively, and the average per season The air temperature is as shown in FIG. 7 .

8 is a graph showing a comparison between the amount of oil produced and the estimated value of the amount of drinking water.

The system 100 was used to estimate the amount of drinking water per person in general dairy farms, and the scatter plot of the calculated amount of drinking water is shown in FIG. 8 .

As a result of the analysis of the amount of milk production and the amount of drinking water for the whole cow, the amount of drinking water per kg of milk production was 2.97 kg, and it could be confirmed that the amount of drinking water increased by about 1 kg per kg of milk production.

In addition, in the case of an individual having a milk production of 33 to 35 kg/day, it can be confirmed that the amount of drinking water per kg of milk production is about 2.56 kg.

9 is a graph showing the estimated amount of drinking water according to the season.

In the present invention, in order to confirm the change in the amount of drinking water according to the season, the seasonal data was analyzed by dividing into spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

이며, 평균 추정음수량은 각각 76.22±8.22, 96.64±8.85, 85.84±11.69, 70.50±9.99 kg/일로 확인될 수 있다.The mean temperatures of spring, summer, autumn, and winter were 11.83, 24.40, 13.16, and 0.13, respectively.

, and the average estimated drinking water amount can be confirmed as 76.22±8.22, 96.64±8.85, 85.84±11.69, and 70.50±9.99 kg/day, respectively.

That is, the drinking water amount tended to increase as the average temperature increased during the season, and the drinking water amount difference between summer and winter, which had the largest temperature difference, was 26.14 kg/day.

10 is a graph showing an estimated amount of drinking water according to average temperature.

The result of estimating the amount of drinking water according to the air temperature showed a tendency that the amount of drinking water increased as the average temperature increased, as shown in FIG. 10 .

As described above, the drinking water amount monitoring system and method for each cow according to an embodiment of the present invention can calculate the drinking water amount of the cow by generating drinking water amount estimation data through a measuring device.

In addition, since drinking water amount estimation data and drinking water amount can be transmitted to the manager's terminal, the manager can check the cow's health condition in real time.

As described above, the optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specifications. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are only used for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: drinking water monitoring system for each cow 110: milk collection device
120: measuring device 130: control server
140: terminal 150: notification unit

Claims (11)

In the drinking water monitoring system of cows reared in a barn,
a milk collection device for milking and storing the milk of the cow;
a measuring device for generating water quantity estimation data of the cow; and
a control server for calculating the amount of drinking water of the cow based on the water quantity estimation data;
Drinking water monitoring system for each cow containing a.
According to claim 1,
The drinking water amount monitoring system for each individual dairy cow further comprising a terminal receiving the drinking water amount estimation data or the drinking water amount from the control server.
According to claim 1,
The milk collection device,
a milking device for milking the cow's milk; and
A connecting tube through which the milk is moved;
Drinking water monitoring system for each cow containing a.
According to claim 3,
The measuring device,
a temperature sensor installed in the barn to measure the ambient temperature of the barn;
a weight sensor installed in the barn to measure the weight of the cow;
a milk production sensor installed in the connection tube to measure the milk production of the cow; and
a milk fat amount measurement sensor installed in the connection tube to measure the milk fat amount of milked milk;
Drinking water monitoring system for each cow containing a.
According to claim 4,
The control server,
a communication unit that receives at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight from the measuring device;
a calculation unit calculating the amount of drinking water based on at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight; and
a memory unit for storing at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, body weight, and drinking water amount;
Drinking water monitoring system for each cow containing a.
According to claim 5,
The drinking water amount monitoring system for each individual dairy cow that can calculate the drinking water amount using the following equation:

(WI is water intake (kg/day), milkFat is milk fat amount (kg/day), milk is milk production (kg/day), BW is weight (kg), WOL is milking parking, and mnTMP is the average daily minimum temperature (℃ )).
In the method of monitoring the drinking water amount of cows reared in a barn,
milking and storing the cow's milk;
generating water quantity estimation data of the cow; and
Calculating the drinking water amount of the cow based on the drinking water amount estimation data;
A method for monitoring the amount of drinking water for each individual cow.
According to claim 7,
The drinking water amount monitoring method for each dairy cow further comprising receiving the drinking water amount estimation data or the drinking water amount.
According to claim 7,
The step of generating the negative quantity estimation data,
Measuring the ambient temperature of the barn;
Measuring the body weight of the cow;
Measuring the milk production of the cow; and
Measuring the milk fat amount of the milk;
A method for monitoring the amount of drinking water for each individual cow.
According to claim 9,
In the step of calculating the negative amount,
receiving at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight;
Calculating the amount of drinking water based on at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, and body weight; and
storing at least one of the milk production amount, milk fat amount, ambient temperature, body weight, and drinking water amount;
A method for monitoring the amount of drinking water for each individual cow.
According to claim 10,
In the step of calculating the drinking water amount, the drinking water amount monitoring method for each cow can calculate the drinking water amount using the following equation:

(WI is water intake (kg/day), milkFat is milk fat amount (kg/day), milk is milk production (kg/day), BW is weight (kg), WOL is milking parking, and mnTMP is the average daily minimum temperature (℃ )).

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