The intelligent farrowing pen

Lene Juul PedersenErik JørgensenJens Malmkvist

Danish Institute of Agricultural ScienceDanmarks JordbrugsForskning

The intelligent farrowing pen

The intelligent farrowing pen

Why 10-30% of piglets die within three days after farrowing

The intelligent farrowing pen

Mission Reduce the early mortality: at least 1 piglet per litter

Typical Danish herd: + 500.000 kr. per year

Why 10-30% of piglets die within three days after farrowing

The intelligent farrowing pen

What Develop a commercial farrowing pen with

¤ Birth detection, alarm in case of problem¤ Dynamic control in critical periods, based on animal need

¤ Integrated pen design with feed-back¤ Automated system: optimized management with less manpower

The intelligent farrowing pen

Who Researchers and business partners with essential biological and technical expertise

The intelligent farrowing pen

Who Researchers and business partners with essential biological and technical expertise

Process 2006-

Phase 1: Network with partners Phase 2: Applications for developmental

ressources Phase 3: Development Phase 4: Commercialization

The intelligent farrowing pen

Before farrowing Low activity

Pre farrowing -10h Nest building

The intelligent farrowing pen

Farrowing Delivery

The intelligent farrowing pen

Farrowing start

Pen floor heating on

nest buildingbehavioural shiftsactivity

Birth of individual piglets

Alarm

counting pigletsbirth problemspiglets in wrong place

Piglets close to sow Piglets use creep

The intelligent farrowing pen

Farrowing start

Pen floor heating on

nest buildingbehaviuoral shiftsactivity

Birth of individual piglets

Alarm

counting pigletsbirth problemspiglets in wrong place

Piglets close to sow Piglets use creep

The intelligent farrowing pen

Vision based surveillance and detection

control

The intelligent farrowing pen

Fremtidens Intelligente Faresti

Farings start

Varme tændt i stiens gulv

redebygningadfærdsskiftaktivitet

Fødsel af enkelte grise

Alarm

ved problem

tælle grisefødselsproblemergris i problemer pga afkøling, forkert placeringso med feber, skuldersår, behov for fødselshjælp

Grise tæt på so Grise bruger hule

Overvågning, alarm og varmestyring i fremtidens faresti

Visions baseret overvågning og detektion

Periode med forhøjet sygdoms- og døds-risiko for soKritisk periode for pattegrises overlevelse

styring