Poultry and livestock management applications

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Chicken farm management Study chicken activity, health with long-term

environment data correlation

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Native chicken

Test areas

ADSL Modem

Internet

USB GPRS Modem 56Kbps

Chicken ranch, Siluo

Huwei

LinneiIEEE 802.11g/b,

54Mbps AP Router

2M/512 2M/512

National Chung Hsing University

Distance from Taichung to Yunlin is about 50 km

Field Server

Environmental Control

Data gathering agent

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Chicken monitoring topology

ADSL routerNCHU

Wireless routerLFS-01--EA

LFS-02-- EA

LFS-06-- EA

LFS-05-- EALFS-03-- EA

Internet

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Chicken growth and health

1. Heater efficiency for baby chick in winter

2.Temperature, humidity, ammonia, carbon dioxide distribution in a chicken shelter

3. Chicken activity affected by weather temp. (16-28)℃

4. Water sprayer cooling system efficiency, and proper operating conditions

5. Chicken death of raining season problems

6. Remote and automatic control and management

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Chicken farm management portal

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Activity observation

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Proper temp. to baby chick

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Chicken growth temp. (or heat stress)

▪ 16-28 , the comfortable temperature range ℃

▪ Over 30 , chicken activity change, may ℃

effect growth rate

▪ Over 38 , heat stress ℃

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Chicken activity-day 2/15 High temperature 31.5 at (a.m. 10:09) and decrease ℃

to 27.5 at (p.m. 12:24)℃

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Chicken activity-day 2/16High temperature 34.5 at (p.m. 12:36) and decrease t℃

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Temp. & Humidity in shelter (Dec. 2005)

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