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Vector Video
Farm Technology
Kate Lott, DVM
Director of Farm Engagement
ODI Meeting 4/10/2018
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Jenifer CruickshankDairy Management for the Willamette [email protected]
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Vector Feeding System- Robotic Feeding
Measures and Mixes Feed ~1000 lb load
Drives to barn and feeds cows, checks amount of feed left and calculates amount to distribute
Computer analyzes amounts and adjusts loads and pens to feed based on feed left
Can feed a ration with as little as 1% mixing error- traditional feeding systems can have errors of 3-10%
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Robotic Feed Pushup
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Ultrasound- portable, small units designed for barn and cow use
Image: bcf technology
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Cow collars, leg bands, and tagsMonitor activity (pedometer) andrumination (gut movements)
Illness detection and heat detection
• Temperature changes can indicate impending illness or calving.
• pH change can indicate issues with feed.
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Boluses that monitor activity, temperature, and also pH (more expensive)
images: smaXtec
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Breed list and Alerts
blue line = temperature; red line = activity
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Technology allows for specialized care, no matter how many cows per herd
Black Line= Milk Production Blue Line= Activity Aqua Line= Rumination
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Finding cows sooner that need care
Image: SCRdairy.com
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Calving monitors- send alerts to cell phones
Image: Moocall.com
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Webcams- farm security, employee and cow monitoring
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Robotic Milking- Cows milk when they want- 2-6x/dayCows get grain fed to them- Adjust feed amounts based on milk volume
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Video of milking robot
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Cow CareMotion Activated
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Automatic Calf Feeders: Group feedingManage and monitor milk intake
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Tractor technologyAuto Steer, planting guides
• Tracks loads, ingredient weights, feeding times and amounts, feeder accountability
• Manage ingredient inventories, costs, milk production and components
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Feeding Technology- Digital scalesEZ feed- programs to analyze feeding
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Sexed Semen, IVF and Embryo Flushes
• verify or correct parentage
• determine breed composition
• genotype polled individuals▪ Is cow PP or Ph?
• identify red carriers
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Genomic testing/profiling can:
• identify carriers of known disease alleles, e.g.,
• identify homozygous lethal haplotypes and other chromosomal regions of interest (more on the research side)
• help reduce inbreeding
• enable genomic-based selection
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Genomic testing/profiling can:
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tibial hemimelia osteopetrosis cholesterol deficiency
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• polled
• tuberculosis resistant
• next?
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Gene editing/CRISPR modifications to genome
photo: Manny Crisostomo via Sacramento Bee
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Questions?Thank You!
