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Deployment And Evaluation Of An Active Rfid Tracking System For Precision Animal Management, Brian Barnes
Deployment And Evaluation Of An Active Rfid Tracking System For Precision Animal Management, Brian Barnes
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
A better understanding of animal space utilization in current livestock facilities could lead to improved facility design and animal health. This study was conducted to determine whether an active RFID tag tracking system could accurately provide animal locomotion data on an individual animal basis. The system is composed of four sensors, located in the corners of a swine pen, and compact tags, which attach to the animals and transmit a signal. The sensors use the tag signals to determine 3-D positions in real-time. A data acquisition system was developed to capture raw data from the system software into a database …