The management scheme based on the application of RFID technology uses RFID tags to establish a unique identification code for animals, and input the identification information of the species (such as species, date of birth, feeding mode, and feed ratio). Collect daily data information (such as individuals, feeding status, epidemic prevention information, transportation information, and slaughter information) of this species through RFID mobile inspection handheld terminal devices and upload it to the database for analysis, forming a complete traceability system.
The advantages of RFID in livestock management:
1. Fully automatic recognition: Implemented animal identity coding, making it easy for staff to obtain the growth, disease, quarantine, and transportation status of an animal through handheld devices in the system.
2. Efficient traceability: The system tracks the entire life cycle of animals, records each link, and centrally backs up data in the information management center. If an event occurs, the system will automatically search for the source of the animal, facilitating analysis by management personnel.
3. Convenience: The fully electronic data centralized management of the system enables a large amount of data search to be completed by the server, saving a lot of manpower and events, and accelerating the response to events.
4. Security: This system adopts a new generation of RFID electronic tags, which are designed specifically for animals. The electronic tags have fast recognition response time and low average failure rate, ensuring the security, timeliness, and stability of the tag recognition process. In addition, we use a high-performance and high error tolerance system server, which can ensure the high stability, security, and network transmission speed of the server, Thus achieving real-time transmission of the system and ensuring the timeliness of information.
5. Improve management level: centralized management and distributed control; Standardized supervision and management, reducing unnecessary links, allowing the first incident of an emergency to reach the management level, enabling timely handling of the incident.
6. System scalability: Considering future development trends and the promotion of information construction, the system design can facilitate the expansion of the system.
RFID technology monitors the breeding, transportation, and slaughter of animals, and traces them in the event of an epidemic. The health department can trace animals that may be infected with diseases through this system to determine their affiliation and historical traces. The system can provide real-time, specific, and reliable data for animals from birth to slaughter.
RFID technology is mainly applied in the feeding process in animal husbandry management, including intelligent weighing, intelligent feeding, intelligent identification inventory, animal breeding, epidemic prevention and control management, etc.
Intelligent weighing
By installing an RFID animal ear identification reader in the animal weighing channel or automatic weighing machine, the reader automatically collects ear label information and uploads weight data to the terminal system when the animal passes through the weighing channel or automatic weighing machine. It does not require other human interference, reduces the workload of measuring animal weight, and can obtain all animal weight data at once, thereby better adjusting feeding and management strategies, The periodic evaluation of the growth status of fattening pigs will also be more accurate (compared to the traditional naked eye evaluation method).
Intelligent feeding
By installing an RFID animal ear tag reader in the feeding trough, when animals drink and eat, they will recognize the repeated feeding information based on the animal's weight information, and feed the corresponding amount of water and feed to achieve scientific feeding, while also reducing unnecessary feed waste.
Intelligent identification inventory
Animals wear ear tags and an RFID electronic ear tag reader is installed at the channel door or feeding bar. When animals pass through the channel door or feeding bar, automatic counting can be performed. The collected information will be uploaded in real-time to the terminal management backend for data aggregation. RFID feeding pens and passage doors are suitable for the field of pig, cattle, and sheep grazing and breeding. They can automatically record whether animals have been released and returned, reducing the probability of errors in human inventory.
Livestock breeding
Livestock breeding is the main competitiveness of a large-scale livestock farm, and high-quality livestock breeds will bring greater production and market share. By using RFID for livestock breeding and recording the growth information of each generation, it helps to select high-quality breeds for feeding. This can also avoid the problem of livestock information confusion caused by personnel turnover in the livestock farm.
Epidemic prevention and control
The most concerned issue for all breeding enterprises is animal epidemic prevention. Animal epidemic prevention management is carried out through RFID, and the epidemic prevention information of each animal will be recorded. If an animal has a disease or epidemic situation, management personnel will quickly detect the epidemic animal through animal activity information, and timely change the management to avoid population infection.
The transition from traditional livestock farm management to RFID technology intelligent management reflects the trend of intelligent and information-based farming, and also witnesses an optimization process of livestock farming status. The continuous improvement of RFID technology has been successfully applied to multiple pig, cattle, and sheep farmers, improving breeding efficiency and achieving intelligent RFID livestock breeding.
