Key to the Automation
Identification of animals is the key for most practices. Animals are identified at the entrance of milking parlor by AniRef and AniRef provides a basis for practices such as FeedMe Hand Feeding System, EasyCount Animal Counting System. Your systems will identify your animals automatically through AniRef of which its hand terminal is able to read up to 10 meters.
Absolute Must For Farms
Farmer managers in bovine and ovine animal husbandries can easily track animals up to certain amount, but it would be difficult when this count increases. In this case, it is mandatory to use a herd management system for herd monitoring. It is inevitable to identify animals for herd management systems.
Advantages of AniRef
These collars placed with a belt on necks of animals that need to be milked and monitored can be used in many areas of the farm (milking parlor, feeding cabins etc.) together with antenna systems and the determination of related processes for that animal is possible after the animal is identified through these collars. Collars are made from an ageless material and no breaking and splitting would happen due to its flexibility. It keeps working even it is fully covered in dirt. Being battery free is its biggest advantage. When the animal that collar was placed on leaves the herd due to sale, death etc. it is able to place same collar to other animals.
What Identification Is, How Does It Work?
All animals in the herd would continue their lives with an ear tag number placed after their births. This is also an identification in some way. However, in big dairies, some processes need to be done without manpower. Ear tags are not enough for processes such as milking and measurement of milk, estrus monitoring, weight monitoring etc. to be done automatically.
We as AutoMilk perform animal identification process through collars with a series of chips that work by radio frequency principle.
Its Relation with Herd Management System
All milk, weight, feeding, estrus datas of your animal would be transferred to herd management software thanks to the identification. For that matter, you can generate yield reports separately and have a chance to intervene early by being warned in the cases of weight loss and milk decrease. By using only herd management system, you can canalize the animal anywhere you want through separation gates and provide separate solutions to your animals at hand feeding station.