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PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING '19 The 9th European Precision Livestock Farming '19 Farming Precision Livestock Edited by: B. O’Brien, D. Hennessy and L. Shalloo ISBN 978-1-84170-654-2 PRECISION LIVESTOCK FARMING '19 Precision Livestock Farming '19 Papers presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Cork, Ireland 26-29 August '19 Edited by: B. O’Brien D. Hennessy L. Shalloo The 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Kindly sponsored and supported by Scientific Committee Dr. Bernadette O’Brien Teagasc Ireland Dr. Deirdre Hennessy Teagasc Ireland Dr. Laurence Shalloo Teagasc Ireland Dr. Thomas Byrne Teagasc Ireland Prof. Daniel Berckmans KU Leuven Belgium Local Organising Committee Dr. Bernadette O’Brien Teagasc Ireland Dr. Deirdre Hennessy Teagasc Ireland Ms. Margie Egan Teagasc Ireland Dr. Laurence Shalloo Teagasc Ireland EA-PLF Secretariat C/O MV Congressi — Via Marchesi 26/d, 43126 Parma, Italy — Phone: +39 0521 290191 / ext. 43 – Fax: +39 0521 291314 — Mail: [email protected] http://www.eaplf.eu/ Professional language check for papers: Alison Gillespie Blake, Ireland Compiled by: Margie Egan, Teagasc, Ireland Published by: The Organising Committee of the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork The individual contribution in this publication and any liabilities arising from them remain the responsibility of the authors. Designed and Printed by: Fermoy Print & Design www.fermoyprint.com The 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming ISBN 978-1-84170-654-2 eISBN 978-1-84170-654-2 Precision Livestock Farming ’19 5 International scientific committee for the selection and review of papers Abstracts were used for the selection of oral and poster presentations. Reviewing of the abstracts was conducted by invited reviewers. We hereby thank all of these reviewers for their work and support. Anders Ringgaard Kristensen Denmark Kiro Petrovski Australia Andrea Pezzuolo Italy Lara Schmeling Germany Bas Rodenburg The Netherlands Laura Boyle Ireland Bernadette O’Brien Ireland Laurence Shalloo Ireland Bernadette Earley Ireland Lenn Carpentier Belgium Brendan Horan Ireland Leonie Hart Switzerland Christina Umstaetter Switzerland Lorenzo Leso Italy Claudia Kamphuis The Netherlands Lucile Riaboff France Clément Allain France Maciej Oczak Austria Cornelis Rutten The Netherlands Marcella Guarino Italy Dan Jensen Denmark Marion Beecher Ireland Darren Murphy Ireland Mark Keane Ireland David Gleeson Ireland Marketta Rinne Finland Deirdre Hennessy Ireland Matteo Francioni Italy Deirdre Purfield Ireland Michael Iwersen Austria Dirkjan Schokker The Netherlands Michael O’Donovan Ireland Donagh Berry Ireland Michael Iwersen Austria Elodie Ruelle Ireland Miel Hostens Belgium Ephraim Maltz Israel Mikko Utriainen Finland Eugene Ungar Israel Muireann Conneely Ireland Eva Lewis Ireland Nati Barchilon Israel Heidi Andersen Denmark Niall O’Leary New Zealand Irenilza Naas Brazil Nola Leonard Ireland Isabella Lippi Brazil Odded Geffen Israel Isabelle Veissier France Oleksiy Guzhva Sweden Ivan Andonovic UK Paul Thompson USA Janice Siegford USA Pauline Creach France Jere Kaivosoja Finland Ran Bezen Israel Jessica Werner Germany Rudi Demol The Netherlands Joerg Hartung Germany Sandra Edwards UK John Upton Ireland Stephen Moore Ireland John Mee Ireland Stuart Green Ireland Julia Calderon Diaz Ireland Tami Brown-Brandl USA Julia Heinicke Germany Tom Byrne Ireland Karen Daly Ireland Tony Waterhouse UK Karun Kaniyamattam USA Victor Bloch Israel Keelin O’Driscoll Ireland Weixing Zhu USA Kees Lokhorst The Netherlands 6 Precision Livestock Farming ’19 Editorial We would like to welcome all delegates of the 9th European Precision Livestock Conference to Cork, Ireland. From both business and societal viewpoints, when we consider livestock farming, we need to focus on economic performance, environmental impact, well-being of the livestock unit and of the manager to ensure the sustainability of farm and food production into the future, and also the consumer. Never before have all of these aspects of livestock production been challenged on so many levels. Precision technologies can help farmers to become more effective and help the consumer to source products that satisfy all of these requirements. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) focuses on using technology to monitor and collect livestock data on a continuous and automated basis, with the ultimate goal of providing a mechanism, whereby this data can be used to inform the decision making process, ultimately increasing the precision of the operations. Technology is playing an increasing role in agriculture and this conference will examine the role of incorporating smart technology into sustainable livestock production systems, as well as harvesting big data reservoirs to enhance resource management and underpin claims made about products. The conference will largely focus on the use of instrumentation in the management and decision-making in the life-cycle of different livestock species, with a view to efficient production systems with reduced environmental impact, increased profitability and increased welfare status of livestock. The conference has sessions focusing on PLF data and its exploitation for solutions and decision-making; PLF technology for sheep; PLF sensing and monitoring techniques for dairy animals; PLF technology for grassland management; PLF technology for milking of dairy animals; PLF product development, optimization and testing in field conditions; Monitoring animal health and behaviour; Performance and welfare of dairy animals; Controlling environment for poultry systems; Location and tracking of animal movement; and PLF technology for pigs. The opening session of the conference will provide an overview of the role of precision technology in the pharma and dairy industries together with the future vision for precision technologies in livestock production systems. The Farmers Workshop will focus on the considered view of farmers regarding the use of technologies on their farms, factors impeding and accelerating farmer uptake of technologies and identifying what needs to be put in place to allow progress of precision farming within farming communities. The Business Models Seminar will focus on the framework required to promote the development and use of technologies, data integration associated with different livestock farming systems as well as providing examples from outside of agriculture. Delegates will also have the opportunity to visit (i) Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre at Moorepark, for an overview of the many aspects of on-going dairy research; (ii) the international company Dairymaster, manufacturer of hi-tech dairy equipment, including Milking Equipment, Feeding Equipment, Automatic Manure Scrapers, Milk Cooling Tanks and Health & Fertility Monitoring Systems; or (iii) a Marine Research Facility conducting increasingly significant research on climate change effects in coastal areas. Our thanks to the Committee of the EA-PLF for accepting our bid to host the 9thECPLF; we hope that we can continue the tradition of high quality and impactful meetings which have characterised previous ECPLF Meetings. We would like to thank all authors for their papers and presentations, the numerous reviewers for their important comments and contributions which have helped to ensure the high quality of the papers. We want to thank our organising committees and conference partners. We especially would like to thank our sponsors and supporters, without whom we could not run this conference successfully. We hope that the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming will stimulate fruitful discussions and networking, identify common goals and develop new research collaborations. We hope that delegates enjoy their visit to Cork. Dr. Bernadette O’Brien, Dr. Deirdre Hennessy and Dr. Laurence Shalloo The 9th European ECLPF-2019 Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Precision Livestock Farming ’19 7 Table of Contents SESSION 1 19 Precision Livestock Farming Data and its Exploitation for Solutions and Decision-making (1) 1. Opportunities and challenges for real-time management (RTM) in extensive livestock systems 20 A. Waterhouse, J.P. Holland, A. McLaren, R. Arthur, C-A. Duthie, S. Kodam and H. Wishart 2. The effect of timing of a single-dose artificial insemination on sow fertility 27 G. Germain, J. Labrecque and J. Rivest 3. Monitoring body temperature in chickens during an infectiology experiment using a sensor-based telemetric system 34 A. Keïta, M. Amelot, D. Courtois, T. Le Coq, S. Bougeard, C. Courtillon, J.P. Moysan and S. Soubies 4. Machine learning to realize phosphate equilibrium at field level in dairy farming 41 H. Mollenhorst, M.H.A. de Haan, J. Oenema, A.H. Hoving-Bolink, R.F. Veerkamp and C. Kamphuis 5. A decision support system for energy use on dairy farms 45 P. Shine, M. Breen, J. Upton, A. O’Donovan and M.D. Murphy 6. A methodology for daily analysis of AMS data providing herd characterisation and segmentation 53 S. Benni, F. Bonora, P. Tassinari, and D. Torreggiani SESSION 2 61 Precision Livestock Farming Technology for Sheep 7. Relationship between accelerometer features and behavioural traits in Sarda dairy sheep submitted to short term grazing test 62 R. Cossu, M. Decandia, G. Molle, M. Acciaro, M. Mameli, A. Cabiddu, M.G. Serra, C. Manca, S.P.G. Rassu, C. Dimauro and V. Giovanetti 8. Machine