IOT Based Livestock Management

• Did you know that India is the number one milk producer in the world?

• With around 53.578 crore farm animals, India has the world's highest livestock.  

• For more than 205 Lakh people in India, livestock is a source of subsidiary income
  
  
  

Livestock management is a part of the livelihood of many farmers.  

• To monitor the health, grazing patterns etc. of the cattle, farmers follow various manual procedures.  

• As manual checking helps only in identifying the external symptoms, internal medical conditions are often missed out.

• Also, managing and keeping track of the cattle manually is time-consuming and is not very reliable.  

• To overcome such scenarios, IoT is now giving its helping hand.
  
  

How does IoT work here?  

• The cattle are given a wearable collar or tag which have battery-powered sensors.  

• The sensors monitor the location, temperature, blood pressure, heart rate of animals, and wirelessly send the data in near-real-time to farmers’ devices.  

• Real-time alerts enable them to immediately identify if any cattle is affected.
  
  

This helps in:  

• Real-time monitoring for the health and vitality of cattle  

• Track grazing animals to prevent loss and to identify grazing patterns.  

• Allows farmers to check on the individual health and location of each animal in the herd.  

• Monitor readiness to mate or give birth, preventing the loss of new calves and optimizing breeding practices.