WO2023144824A2 - Systèmes et procédés de gestion de la consommation d'aliments de vaches individuelles dans un troupeau laitier - Google Patents

Systèmes et procédés de gestion de la consommation d'aliments de vaches individuelles dans un troupeau laitier Download PDF

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WO2023144824A2
WO2023144824A2 PCT/IL2023/050095 IL2023050095W WO2023144824A2 WO 2023144824 A2 WO2023144824 A2 WO 2023144824A2 IL 2023050095 W IL2023050095 W IL 2023050095W WO 2023144824 A2 WO2023144824 A2 WO 2023144824A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0266—Automatic devices with stable trolleys, e.g. suspended
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K29/00—Other apparatus for animal husbandry
    • A01K29/005—Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0208—Automatic devices with conveyor belts or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0275—Automatic devices with mechanisms for delivery of measured doses
    • A01K5/0283—Automatic devices with mechanisms for delivery of measured doses by weight

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  • TITLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING FEED CONSUMPTION OF INDIVIDUAL COWS IN A DAIRY HERD
  • the invention is in the field of animal husbandry, more specifically in the field of dairy herd management. Although the application refers to cows, the disclosed principles can be applied equally to sheep, goats or other milk producing animals. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • a broad aspect of the invention relates to reducing feed waste in a dairy herd.
  • a reduction in feed waste contributes to improved profitability of individual cows and/or to improved profitability of the herd as a whole.
  • One aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to measuring a consumed feed amount for each individual cow on a first period (e.g. day) and offering each individual cow only said consumed feed amount plus a small increment in a subsequent period (e.g. day).
  • the small increment is +5%, +10%, +15%, +20% or intermediate or lower percentages.
  • Another aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to distributing an initial amount of feed (e.g. 60% of a herd average daily consumed feed amount) to a plurality feeding stations equipped with stanchions, populating the stations with cows, locking the stanchions, identifying the individual cows at each station and delivering a supplemental amount of feed to bring the total amount of feed for each individual cow to a consumed feed amount for that individual cow from one or more previous days.
  • an initial amount of feed e.g. 60% of a herd average daily consumed feed amount
  • specific additives are delivered to individual feeding stations based on the identity of an individual cow in the station.
  • Still another aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to weighing an individual portion of feed for a specific cow and delivering that individual portion to a specific feeding station where that cow is stanchioned.
  • a shuttle device transports the weighed individual portion to a correct feeding station.
  • an alignment mechanism aligns the shuttle device with the specific feeding station.
  • a transfer mechanism delivers the weighed individual portion of feed from the shuttle device to the feeding station.
  • Yet another aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to a central controller including a data processor that coordinates delivery of portions of feed weighed in accord with a consumption history of individual cattle stanchioned at individual feeding stations to said feeding stations.
  • individual cattle at feeding stations are identified by RFID tags or by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of physical tag labels (e.g. on the ear or neck.)
  • OCR Optical Character Recognition
  • shuttle devices and/or individual feeding stations are marked with RFID tags and/or NFC tags and/or equipped with readers for such tags.
  • a system including: (a) a feed distribution robot with a plurality of food portion compartments, each of the compartments individually emptiable into a delivery funnel, the robot subject to control of a computerized controller; and (b) motorized wheels on the robot designed and configured to move the robot in response to an operation signal from the controller.
  • the system includes a plurality of feeding stations, each station providing an output signal including its location and an identity of a cow occupying the station to the computerized controller.
  • the system includes a portion preparation module designed and configured to receive and mix measured amounts of feed ingredients and prepare custom portions.
  • each custom portion is prepared in response to a preparation signal received from the computerized controller based on an identity of a specific cow in a specific feeding station.
  • the system includes an orts weighing mechanism in a feed bin at each of the feeding stations.
  • the system includes an orts disposal hatch in the feed bin.
  • the system includes an alignment mechanism designed and configured to align the delivery funnel of the robot with a feed bin at a feeding station specified in the operation signal from the controller.
  • the system includes an orts removal mechanism positioned below the orts disposal hatch in the feed bin.
  • the system includes data describing milk quantity and quality from each individual cow provided to the central controller.
  • a method including: (a) measuring a consumed total feed amount for each individual cow in a first period; and (b) offering each individual cow only the consumed feed amount plus 5% or less on a subsequent period.
  • a method including: (a) measuring a consumed feed total amount and milk yield for each individual cow during a first period of time; (b) calculating a feed conversion ratio for each individual cow during the first period of time; and (c) offering individual cows with a feed conversion ratio more than 30% above a herd average feed conversion ratio an amount of total feed below the consumed total feed amount measured in the first period of time during a subsequent period of time.
  • a method including: (a) mechanically distributing 60% of a herd average daily individual consumed total feed amount to a plurality of feeding stations equipped with stanchions; (b) populatingthe stations with cows, locking the stanchions, and identifying the individual cows at each station; and (c) delivering a supplemental amount of feed to bring the total amount of feed for each individual cow to a consumed total feed amount for that individual cow from one or more previous days.
  • the method includes mechanically delivering additives to individual feeding stations based on the identity of an individual cow in the station.
  • a method including: (a) weighing an individual portion of total feed for a specific cow; and (b) mechanically delivering the individual portion to a specific feeding station where the specific cow is stanchioned.
  • the mechanically delivering includes: using a shuttle device (e.g. a robot) to transport the weighed individual portion to a correct feeding station.
  • the method includes aligning the shuttle device with the specific feeding station.
  • the method includes transferring the weighed individual portion of feed from the shuttle device to the feeding station.
  • a computerized controller designed and configured to: (a) receive output signals from a plurality of feeding stations, each signal indicating an identity of a specific cow and a specific station; (b) query a database of feed consumption history to ascertain a portion size appropriate for each specific cow; and (c) issue operational signals for measurement and delivery of portions of total feed appropriate for each specific cow to each of the feeding stations.
  • the terms “comprising” and “including” or grammatical variants thereof are to be taken as specifying inclusion of the stated features, integers, actions or components without precluding the addition of one or more additional features, integers, actions, components or groups thereof.
  • This term is broader than, and includes the terms “consisting of” and “consisting essentially of” as defined by the Manual of Patent Examination Procedure of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • any recitation that an embodiment "includes” or “comprises” a feature is a specific statement that sub embodiments “consist essentially of” and/or “consist of” the recited feature.
  • method refers to manners, means, techniques and procedures for accomplishing a given task including, but not limited to, those manners, means, techniques and procedures either known to, or readily developed from known manners, means, techniques and procedures by practitioners of architecture and/or computer science.
  • Implementation of the method and system according to embodiments of the invention involves performing or completing selected tasks or steps manually, automatically, or a combination thereof.
  • several selected steps could be implemented by hardware or by software on any operating system of any firmware or a combination thereof.
  • selected steps of the invention could be implemented as a chip or a circuit.
  • selected steps of the invention could be implemented as a plurality of software instructions being executed by a computer using any suitable operating system.
  • selected steps of the method and system of the invention could be described as being performed by a data processor, such as a computing platform for executing a plurality of instructions.
  • Fig. la is a simplified flow diagram of a method according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. lb is a simplified flow diagram of a method according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a simplified flow diagram of a method according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a simplified flow diagram of a method according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a simplified schematic diagram of a herd management system including a computerized controller according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a simplified schematic diagram of a food preparation and distribution system including a computerized controller according to some embodiments of the invention
  • Fig. 6 is a simplified schematic diagram of a portion of the system of Fig. 5 illustrating parallel deployment of robots according to some exemplary embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of data flow within a system according to exemplary embodiments of the invention.
  • Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for managing feed consumption of individual cows in a dairy herd.
  • some embodiments of the invention can be used to distribute portions of total feed that are sized for individual cows based on their past feed consumption and/or milk yield.
  • the principles and operation of a system and/or method according to exemplary embodiments of the invention may be better understood with reference to the drawings and accompanying descriptions.
  • Fig. la is a simplified flow diagram of a method, indicated generally as 100, for managing feed consumption of individual dairy cattle according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Depicted exemplary method 100 includes measuring 110 a consumed total feed amount for each individual cow on a first period (e.g. day) and offering 120 each individual cow only the consumed feed amount (measured at 110) plus 5% or less in a subsequent period (e.g. day).
  • “day” can indicate a period of more than one day.
  • total feed amount indicates roughage plus concentrate.
  • Fig. lb is a simplified flow diagram of a method, indicated generally as 101, for limiting feed consumption of individual cattle according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Depicted exemplary method 101 includes measuring 130 a consumed total feed amount and milk yield for each individual cow during a first period of time.
  • method 101 includes calculating 140 a feed conversion ratio for each individual cow during the first period of time.
  • method 100 includes offering individual cows with a feed conversion ratio more than 30% above a herd average feed conversion ratio an amount of total feed below said consumed total feed amount measured in the first period of time during a subsequent period of time.
  • practice of method 101 reduces a daily milk yield of an individual cow but improves her feed conversion ratio.
  • Fig. 2 is a simplified flow diagram of a method, indicated generally as 200, for delivering custom portion sizes to individual cows according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Depicted exemplary method 200 includes mechanically distributing 210 60% of a herd average daily individual consumed total feed amount to a plurality of feeding stations equipped with stanchions. This portion of the method is based on the idea that all cows in the herd will consume at least 60% of the herd average daily individual consumed total feed amount. In some embodiments, presence of an initial amount of feed in the feeding stations attracts the cows to enter the stations so they can be locked in place by the stanchions. According to various exemplary embodiments of the invention different percentages of the herd average daily individual consumed total feed amount are used. According to various exemplary embodiments of the invention 40%, 50%, 60%. 65%, 70% or intermediate or higher percentages of the herd average daily individual consumed total feed amount are distributed at 210.
  • method 200 includes populating 220 the stations with cows, locking the stanchions , and identifying the individual cows at each station. Identification of individual cows is accomplished using RFID tags, NFC (near field contact) tags, or OCR (optical character recognition) of physical numbered tags (e.g. on the ear or neck of the cow).
  • method 200 includes delivering 230 a supplemental amount of feed to bring the total amount of feed for each individual cow to a consumed total feed amount for that individual cow from one or more previous days.
  • the supplemental amount delivered at 230 includes mechanically delivering 240 additives to individual feeding stations based on the identity of an individual cow in the station.
  • customization of size . 3 is a simplified flow diagram of a method, indicated generally as 300, for customization of portion size according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • method 300 is used in conjunction with method 200. According to those embodiments method 300 relates to the amount of total feed to be added to the 60% provided at 210. In other exemplary embodiments of the invention, method 300 operates independently of method 200 and relates to preparation and delivery of a consumed total feed amount measured for an individual cow on one or more previous days.
  • Depicted exemplary method 300 includes weighing 310 an individual portion of total feed for a specific cow and mechanically delivering 320 the individual portion to a specific feeding station where the specific cow is stanchioned.
  • mechanically delivering 320 includes using 330 a shuttle device to transport the weighed individual portion to a correct feeding station.
  • the shuttle device is configured as a cup or bucket.
  • the shuttle device is a designated portion of a conveyor belt.
  • mechanically delivering 320 includes aligning 340 the shuttle device with the specific feeding station.
  • alignment 340 relies on electronic (e.g. RFID or NFC) or optical (e.g. OCR or light beam alignment) recognition of a specific feeding station by a specific shuttle device or the opposite.
  • mechanically delivering 320 includes transferring 350 the weighed individual portion of feed from the shuttle device to the feeding station.
  • the type of transfer is related to the type of shuttle device.
  • transfer includes inversion of the shuttle device to empty the contents into the feeding station.
  • transfer includes opening a trap door in a bottom of the shuttle device to empty the contents into the feeding station.
  • transfer includes moving a plow across the conveyor to push the contents into the feeding station.
  • Fig. 4 is a simplified schematic diagram of a herd management system including a computerized controller according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • computerized controller 410 is designed and configured to receive output signals 414 from a plurality of feeding stations 412 (one is depicted for clarity although a much larger number is typically present). Each signal 414 indicates an identity of a specific cow 424 and a specific station 412.
  • controller 410 queries 426 a database 420 of feed consumption history to ascertain a portion size 422 appropriate for each specific cow 424. This information is returned to controller 410 which associates portion size 422 appropriate for each specific cow 424 with a specific feeding station 412 where the relevant cow is waiting.
  • controller 410 bundles data for portion size 422 with identity of individual feeding stations 412 and issues operational signals 430 for measurement and delivery 442 of portions 422 of total feed appropriate for each specific cow 424 to each of said feeding stations 412 by distribution system 440.
  • Fig. 5 is a simplified schematic diagram of a food preparation and distribution system including a computerized controller, indicated generally as 500, according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Depicted exemplary system 500 includes a feed distribution robot 530 with a plurality of food portion compartments 5. Each of compartments 5 is individually emptiable into a delivery funnel 8 via a release port 35. In the depicted embodiment, emptying of a compartment 5 is in response to a signal 30 from controller 510. Controller 510 also provides a locomotion signal 39 to robot 530. In the depicted embodiment, a sub controller 7 relays signal 30 to an appropriate release port 35 to empty a specific compartment 5. In the depicted embodiment, battery 6 powers robot 530.
  • motorized wheels 14 on robot 530 are designed and configured to move robot 530 along a track 9 in response to locomotion signal 39 from controller 510.
  • system 500 includes an intake funnel 1 for feed ingredients.
  • the feed ingredients are loaded by tractor 1000 in some embodiments.
  • Ingredients loaded in funnel 1 are carried by conveyor 2 to buffer tank 511.
  • buffer tank 511 is part of portion preparation module 520.
  • Module 520 also includes storage tanks 40 for additives.
  • a portion preparation signal 512 causes contents of buffer tank 511 and/or additives 40 to descend in measured amounts to a mixing compartment 3 equipped with a mixer 26. It is important to note that signal 512 is specific to an individual cow at a specific feeding station. This means that each portion in a compartment 3 may be different from a portion in a different compartment 3 because it is customized to an individual cow.
  • Each compartment 3 is provided with a release door 36 under control of controller 510.
  • Controller 510 tracks the specific portions until they are delivered to the specific cow they were prepared for.
  • scale 4 provides feedback to controller 510 to turn off signal 512 when an appropriate amount of feed from buffer tank 511 and/or additives 40 have been released.
  • Mixer 26 is then activated to mix the ingredients in each of compartments 3.
  • Module 520 then transfers the portions from each of compartments 3 to compartments 5 in robot 530 via release ports 35.
  • Signal 30 informs controller 510 which portion is in each of compartments 5.
  • controller 510 includes integrated software based on Artificial Intelligence.
  • Exemplary system 500 also includes a plurality of feeding stations 12.
  • Each station 12 provides an output signal 31 including its location 11 and an identity 10 of a cow occupying the station to computerized controller 510.
  • Identity 10 of cows is also provided to controller 510, for example, using RFID tags.
  • each custom portion in a compartment 3 is prepared in response to preparation signal 512 received from computerized controller 510 based on an identity 10 of a specific cow in a specific feeding station 12.
  • system 500 includes an orts weighing mechanism 13 in a feed bin 16 at each of the feeding stations.
  • the system includes an alignment mechanism designed and configured to align delivery funnel 8 of robot 530 with feed bin 16 at a feeding station 12 specified in operation signal 30 from controller 510.
  • the system includes an orts disposal hatch 15 in each of feed bins 16. Hatch 15 opens/closes in response to signal 32 from controller 510.
  • system 500 includes an orts removal mechanism positioned below orts disposal hatch 15 in feed bin 16.
  • the orts removal mechanism includes a conveyor belt 25 and a retraction cable 27.
  • the orts removal mechanism includes a conveyor belt 25 and a retraction cable 27.
  • the system receives data describing milk quantity 33 and quality 37 from each individual cow provided to central controller 510.
  • the system receives data describing environmental conditions 34 provided to central controller 510.
  • central controller employs artificial intelligence algorithms.
  • Fig. 6 is a simplified schematic diagram of a portion of the system of Fig. 5, indicated generally as 600, from a different angle illustrating parallel deployment of robots 530 according to some exemplary embodiments of the invention. Reference numerals are as in Fig. 5. This view more clearly shows the alignment of delivery funnels 8 with feed bins 16.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of data flow within a system, indicated generally as 700, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention.
  • Fig. 7 depicts an exemplary system architecture for a system of the type depicted in Figs. 5 and 6.
  • sensors 710 provide output signals relating to environmental conditions (e.g. ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed) and/or weight of specific individual cows and/or body temperature of specific individual cows and/or yield of milk from specific individual cows and/or quality (e.g. protein content, fat content) of milk from specific individual cows and/or feeding station number for specific individual cows and/or feed composition for specific individual cows and/or portion size for specific individual cows and/or feed consumption (as opposed to presentation) data for specific individual cows and/or portion presentation time for specific individual cows.
  • environmental conditions e.g. ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed
  • data 720 from the output signals is collected and stored in a database.
  • a data processor 730 analyzes the data.
  • the analysis employs an artificial intelligence (Al) algorithm.
  • Al artificial intelligence
  • the Al algorithm studies the physical behavior of each individual cow in the herd and focuses on parameters which impact feed to milk conversion ratio.
  • data processor 730 provides an output 740 including suggestions for adjustment of heat load setting and/or feed portion size and/or feed composition for individual cows within the herd.
  • these suggestions are formatted in terms of specific system adjustments 750 or changes to system components such as robots (530 in Fig. 5) and/or portion weight (e.g. for individual cows) and/or aeration and/or laboratory equipment.
  • specific adjustments 750 consider the impact of the environment on each individual cow and/or on the herd as a whole. In some embodiments specific adjustments 750 contribute to maintaining, or increasing, feed conversion efficiency despite environmental changes.
  • total daily feed for dairy cattle includes concentrate (typically 50%- 70% of feed), roughage (typically 30%-40% of feed) and micro components (typically 5%- 8% of feed).
  • concentrate examples include but are not limited to corn, barley, wheat, sorghum, corn gluten, gluten, rye, cottonseed, Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), and seed meals from the food oil industry (e.g. rapeseed meal, soybean meal, cornmeal, sunflower seed meal).
  • DDGS Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles
  • Examples of roughage include but are not limited to wheat straw, leguminous plants after removal of the seeds (e.g. beans, soybeans, peanuts), cotton plants after removal of the boll, post-harvest vegetable plants (e.g. tomato, eggplant, pepper, squash), hay (e.g. alfalfa hay, vetch hay, wheat hay, clover hay) and silage (e.g. corn silage, wheat silage).
  • seeds e.g. beans, soybeans, peanuts
  • cotton plants after removal of the boll
  • post-harvest vegetable plants e.g. tomato, eggplant, pepper, squash
  • hay e.g. alfalfa hay, vetch hay, wheat hay, clover hay
  • silage e.g. corn silage, wheat silage
  • micro components include but are not limited to salt, magnesium oxide (MGO), calcium supplements, protected fats/oils, biotin oil and OMNIGEN.
  • features used to describe a method can be used to characterize an apparatus and features used to describe an apparatus can be used to characterize a method.
  • the invention has been described in the context of dairy cattle but might also be used in the context of beef cattle, swine, sheep or goats.

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Dans certains modes de réalisation donnés à titre d'exemple, l'invention concerne un système comprenant : (a) un robot de distribution d'aliments doté d'une pluralité de compartiments de parties alimentaires, chacun desdits compartiments pouvant être vidé individuellement dans un entonnoir de distribution, ledit robot étant soumis à la commande d'un dispositif de commande informatisé ; et (b) des roues motorisées sur ledit robot conçues et configurées pour déplacer ledit robot en réponse à un signal de fonctionnement provenant dudit dispositif de commande. Des procédés et un équipement associé sont également divulgués.
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