Design and implementation of an identification productivity recording and breeding system for the sheep industry. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kontogiannis, Sotirios; Tsipouras, Markos G.; Kokkonis, George; Godas, Dimitrios; Valsamidis, Stavros
• Is Part Of: International journal of sustainable agricultural management and informatics. Volume 2:Number 2/3/4(2016)
• Page Start: 110
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: information systems -- data management systems -- DMS -- agriculture management systems -- systems architecture -- sheep management systems -- sheep breed selection algorithm -- embedded systems -- cyber-physical systems -- CPS -- agriculture -- sensors -- actuators -- NFC technology -- near field communication -- data exchange format -- sheep identification -- sheep attributes -- milk extraction per ewe -- sheep herds -- herd milk productivity; Sustainable agriculture -- Management -- Periodicals; Sustainable agriculture -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Agricultural productivity -- Management -- Periodicals; Agricultural productivity -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Agricultural resources -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Agricultural systems -- Management -- Periodicals; Agricultural systems -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 338.1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2054-5819

Abstract

This paper presents a new system architecture and test-bed application implementation called sheep manager. Sheep manager system uses near field communication (NFC) technology and custom NFC data exchange format records for the identification and attributes recording of sheep inside a flock. Sheep manager system also utilises sensors for real-time measurements and recording of raw milk extraction per ewe. All recorded information are then stored into an application server following an HTTP representational state transfer protocol specification. The authors also propose an algorithm for sheep breed selection that uses feedback information from past successful breeds in order to increase herd milk productivity.