Pregnancy rate increase
Using connected sensors allows for early and efficient detection of heat stress, and other animal welfare issues, enabling quicker farmer response rates and an improved pregnancy rate.
Last updated on March 24th, 2023
In collaboration with Connecterra
Why does it matter?
Inaccurate or late detection of individual cow heat and health status, results in delayed detection of heat stress, which can negatively impact successful reproduction and milk production. Timely detection is essential to increase the pregnancy rate and milk production.
How did we solve this?
Monitoring sensors (Ida) can be placed on lactating and dry cows to guarantee continuous detection of animal health and welfare levels. KPIs are then selected with farmers based on their needs. Ida enables farmers to discover abnormal behaviour in the herd at an early stage to enable farmers to intervene quickly. After 2-3 weeks of connecting to the Farm Managing System and collecting data, Ida sensors detected heat and gave targeted insights on abnormal behaviour that could indicate metabolic issues. Three years after implementation, the pregnancy rate increased by 11% and the voluntary waiting period increased by 20 days due to increase in conception rate. Labour efficiency improved due to reducing labour time by 2,7 hours per day.
Opportunities for other farms?
Timely detection of cows’ heat with artificial intelligence technology could benefit all farms with a Farming Management System.
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