vector video - oregon dairy

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Vector Video

Farm Technology

Kate Lott, DVM

Director of Farm Engagement

klott@Tillamook.com

ODI Meeting 4/10/2018

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Jenifer CruickshankDairy Management for the Willamette Valleyjenifer.cruickshank@oregonstate.edu

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Vector Feeding System- Robotic Feeding

Measures and Mixes Feed ~1000 lb load

Drives to barn and feeds cows, checks amount of feed left and calculates amount to distribute

Computer analyzes amounts and adjusts loads and pens to feed based on feed left

Can feed a ration with as little as 1% mixing error- traditional feeding systems can have errors of 3-10%

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Robotic Feed Pushup

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Ultrasound- portable, small units designed for barn and cow use

Image: bcf technology

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Cow collars, leg bands, and tagsMonitor activity (pedometer) andrumination (gut movements)

Illness detection and heat detection

• Temperature changes can indicate impending illness or calving.

• pH change can indicate issues with feed.

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Boluses that monitor activity, temperature, and also pH (more expensive)

images: smaXtec

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Breed list and Alerts

blue line = temperature; red line = activity

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Technology allows for specialized care, no matter how many cows per herd

Black Line= Milk Production Blue Line= Activity Aqua Line= Rumination

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Finding cows sooner that need care

Image: SCRdairy.com

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Calving monitors- send alerts to cell phones

Image: Moocall.com

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Webcams- farm security, employee and cow monitoring

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Robotic Milking- Cows milk when they want- 2-6x/dayCows get grain fed to them- Adjust feed amounts based on milk volume

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Video of milking robot

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Cow CareMotion Activated

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Automatic Calf Feeders: Group feedingManage and monitor milk intake

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Tractor technologyAuto Steer, planting guides

• Tracks loads, ingredient weights, feeding times and amounts, feeder accountability

• Manage ingredient inventories, costs, milk production and components

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Feeding Technology- Digital scalesEZ feed- programs to analyze feeding

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Sexed Semen, IVF and Embryo Flushes

• verify or correct parentage

• determine breed composition

• genotype polled individuals▪ Is cow PP or Ph?

• identify red carriers

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Genomic testing/profiling can:

• identify carriers of known disease alleles, e.g.,

• identify homozygous lethal haplotypes and other chromosomal regions of interest (more on the research side)

• help reduce inbreeding

• enable genomic-based selection

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Genomic testing/profiling can:

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tibial hemimelia osteopetrosis cholesterol deficiency

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• polled

• tuberculosis resistant

• next?

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Gene editing/CRISPR modifications to genome

photo: Manny Crisostomo via Sacramento Bee

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Questions?Thank You!