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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Environmental Measurement and Control System for Animal Health Research Using Arduino.

Dan Hofstetter, Serenity M Wilcox, Ruijie Wang, Eileen E Fabian, Alberto Gino Lorenzoni

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dan HofstetterDepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1280-0892
Serenity M WilcoxDepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-4932-5881
Ruijie WangDepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-7196-4410
Eileen E FabianDepartment of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0362-4401
Alberto Gino LorenzoniDepartment of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-7565-7701

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in electronics components such as microcontrollers and sensors, plus widespread availability of 3D printing, make it possible to construct all-in-one datalogger and control systems in purpose-built enclosures. In addition, microcontrollers can be easily reprogrammed for different purposes including environmental measurement and control of external devices. Since specific needs vary widely across agricultural systems, on-farm research often requires custom instrumentation and datalogging solutions. A custom-built all-in-one environmental measurement and control system (EMCS) was developed for animal health research studies. The system integrates an array of environmental sensors to detect and record luminosity, carbon dioxide and ammonia gas concentrations, dust particle counts, air speed, temperature, and humidity. The developed system is presented along with a case study where environment monitors were deployed to control ammonia and dust in controlled environment chambers for a six-week broiler health study.

Indexed as

Environmental MonitoringAmmoniaAnimalsCarbon DioxideChickensDustHumidityTemperatureAmmoniaCarbon DioxideDustammonia controlArduinodata acquisitiondust levelindoor environmentpoultrysensor array

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PMID41516487
PMCPMC12788127

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