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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Smart Sensing System of Water Quality and Intake Monitoring for Livestock and Wild Animals.

Wei Tang, Amin Biglari, Ryan Ebarb, Tee Pickett, Samuel Smallidge, Marcy Ward

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wei TangKlipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1125 Frenger Mall, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1925-0782
Amin BiglariKlipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1125 Frenger Mall, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Ryan EbarbKlipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1125 Frenger Mall, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Tee PickettCollege of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, 940 College Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Samuel SmallidgeCollege of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, 940 College Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
Marcy WardCollege of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, 940 College Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation 1652944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a water intake monitoring system for animal agriculture that tracks individual animal watering behavior, water quality, and water consumption. The system is deployed in an outdoor environment to reach remote areas. The proposed system integrates motion detectors, cameras, water level sensors, flow meters, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, and water temperature sensors. The data collection and control are performed using Arduino microcontrollers with custom-designed circuit boards. The data associated with each drinking event are water consumption, water temperature, drinking duration, animal identification, and pictures. The data and pictures are automatically stored on Secure Digital (SD) cards. The prototypes are deployed in a remote grazing site located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA. The system can be used to perform water consumption and watering behavior studies of both domestic animals and wild animals. The current system automatically records the drinking behavior of 29 cows in a two-week duration in the remote ranch.

Indexed as

Animals, WildLivestockAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCattleDrinkingFemaleWater Qualityanimal agriculturedata acquisitionlivestockmotion detectorranchRFIDwatering behaviorwater intakewater qualitywildlife

Identifiers

PMID33924135
PMCPMC8074319

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