Development of a decision support system for animal health management using geo-Information technology : a novel approach to precision livestock management
dc.contributor.author | Panda, Sudhanshu S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Terrill, Thomas H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Siddique, Aftab | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahapatra, Ajit K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Morgan, Eric R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pech-Cervantes, Andres A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp | |
dc.contributor.email | jan.vanwyk@up.ac.za | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T12:13:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T12:13:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-05 | |
dc.description | This article belongs to the Special Issue titled 'Advancing Animal Welfare: Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Monitoring and Preventing Abnormal Behavior'. | en_US |
dc.description | DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Data can be provided upon request to Corresponding Author. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Livestock management is challenging for resource-poor (R-P) farmers due to unavailability of quality feed, limited professional advice, and rumor-spreading about animal health condition in a herd. This research seeks to improve animal health in southern Africa by promoting sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), a nutraceutical forage legume. An automated geospatial model for precision agriculture (PA) can identify suitable locations for its cultivation. Additionally, a novel approach of radio-frequency identifier (RFID) supported telemetry technology can track animal movement, and the analyses of data using artificial intelligence can determine sickness of small ruminants. This RFID-based system is being connected to a smartphone app (under construction) to alert farmers of potential livestock health issues in real time so they can take immediate corrective measures. An accompanying Decision Support System (DSS) site is being developed for R-P farmers to obtain all possible support on livestock production, including the designed PA and RFID-based DSS. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Veterinary Tropical Diseases | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-02:Zero Hunger | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The USDA-NIFA (Capacity Building Grant). | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Panda, S.S.; Terrill, T.H.; Siddique, A.; Mahapatra, A.K.; Morgan, E.R.; Pech-Cervantes, A.A.; Van Wyk, J.A. Development of a Decision Support System for Animal Health Management Using Geo-Information Technology: A Novel Approach to Precision Livestock Management. Agriculture 2024, 14, 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14050696. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-0472 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.3390/agriculture14050696 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97373 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | en_US |
dc.subject | Geospatial technology | en_US |
dc.subject | Site-specific forage management (SSFM) | en_US |
dc.subject | Decision support system (DSS) | en_US |
dc.subject | Radio-frequency identification (RFID) | en_US |
dc.subject | Animal health remote management (AHRM) | en_US |
dc.subject | Smart-phone app development | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-02: Zero hunger | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | en_US |
dc.title | Development of a decision support system for animal health management using geo-Information technology : a novel approach to precision livestock management | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |