Development of an IoT platform for stress-free monitoring of cattle productivity in precision animal husbandry

Abstract

Smart animal husbandries require the adoption of dedicated tools to assess the contribution of each animal to the production process. The IoT platform presented in this article is a real-team monitoring system for voluntary weighing of cattle. To this end, the ISO 18000-6 standard is used for animal identification through an ultra-high-frequency radio link between a reader antenna and suitable ear tags. A customized data processing algorithm has been developed and embedded in the considered system. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the solution, extensive measurements have been carried out in a real-life environment. The proposed IoT platform is useful to farmers as a control tool for selection and breeding work.