MILKING MACHINE ELECTRONIC NOSE TECHNOLOGY

摘要

The correct detection of estrus phase in diary cows is of vital importance for artificial insemination to increase the rate of successful impregnation and improve overall profits by reducing feed costs and increasing uniformity in the calf crop. Artificial olfaction technology has allowed monitoring perineal odor through estrus. So the merge between the milking machine and the Electronic Nose technology was important to facilitate and be accurate for estrus detection. The milking machines are provided with a computerized system that each cow has its own number. When the cow enters to the milking machine the number of the cow is received by receptors. These receptors transmit the data to the computer system to the file of this cow. These data carry all the information about the cow needed by the veterinarian and/or the breeders detected by the electronic nose.