CN102626306A - Method for automatically rating cow body condition points - Google Patents

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CN102626306A
CN102626306A CN2012100906657A CN201210090665A CN102626306A CN 102626306 A CN102626306 A CN 102626306A CN 2012100906657 A CN2012100906657 A CN 2012100906657A CN 201210090665 A CN201210090665 A CN 201210090665A CN 102626306 A CN102626306 A CN 102626306A
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The invention discloses a method for automatically rating cow body condition points, which comprises the following steps of step one: device installation, one section of channel is taken in a milking parlour channel, an infrared sensor is arranged at one end of the channel, an earmark identifier opposite to the infrared sensor is installed, and a camera is installed at the position which is horizontally 1.5 meters away from the infrared sensor opposite to the walking direction of a cow and vertically 3 meters away from the ground above the channel; step two: data collection, the infrared sensor generates a signal to be transmitted to a computer, the camera starts to shoot pictures, the earmark identifier identifies a cow earmark; step three: body condition coring, a computer processes collected picture data into profile images through automatic body condition scoring software and performs automatic scoring on the profile images; and step four: data processing, the computer processes the collected body condition point of each cow through data processing software, and output the results through in the form of tables. The method for automatically rating cow body condition points improves accuracy of body condition scoring and shortens scoring time.

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Be used for evaluating automatically the method that the milch cow body condition divides
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method that the milch cow body condition divides of evaluating, particularly relate to a kind of method that the milch cow body condition divides that is used for evaluating automatically.
Background technology
At present, body condition scoring having become check and evaluation cows feeding and management level, the prediction cows productivity's a important indicator is an indispensable part in the feeding and management of cattle farm.The milch cow body condition is meant fat mass or the energy reserve level that milch cow has.The milch cow body condition is the reflection whether the dairy cow nutrition metabolism normally reaches feeding effect, has reflected fertility performance, and the health status of milch cow simultaneously.
Body condition scoring (Body Condition Scoring is called for short BCS) is a kind of method of weighing the milch cow soma's storage condition and the monitoring milch cow energy balance.The body condition scoring of milch cow is evaluated marking to the growth of livestock of milch cow exactly.It can reflect the basic condition of this cattle internal deposition fat, thereby reflects whether milch cow is raised proper.
Raise practice and scientific experiments and prove that all the body condition of milch cow has material impact to its fertility performance, breeding, health, life-span, the body condition mark is relevant with the early stage soma of lactogenic loss, milk cow health, breeding, milk yield etc.In the different phase of raising dairy cattle process, carry out body condition scoring in good time, help to understand the problem that exists in nutriture and the feeding and management of milch cow, solve so that in time adopt an effective measure, guarantee the performance of milk cow health and fertility performance.
At present, milch cow body condition scoring commonly used is to pass through vision and sense of touch by special scoring personnel, and some specific paries of milch cow are described, and provides corresponding mark again, and 5 fens systems are taked in marking, and represent to become thin low the branch, and high score is represented obesity, serves as the marking unit with 0.25.In this traditional body condition methods of marking, the scoring personnel need training and a large amount of empirical accumulation of specialty.The process of whole body condition scoring is slow, complicated.The body condition appraisal result personnel's subjective factors of being marked influences greatlyyer, and in practical operation, often different scoring personnel are not quite identical to the scoring of the body condition of same cow head simultaneously, and the body condition appraisal result there are differences; And scoring process is consuming time more, can't often evaluate distribution of grading of cows body condition and variation tendency.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of method that the milch cow body condition divides that is used for evaluating automatically, and it has solved the big drawback of scoring personnel subjective factors influence in traditional body condition scoring on the one hand, has improved the accuracy of body condition scoring; The scoring time has shortened in automatization on the other hand, for pasture continuous monitoring cattle only and cows body condition branch variation tendency possibility is provided.
The present invention solves above-mentioned technical problem through following technical proposals: a kind of being used for evaluated the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that it may further comprise the steps:
Step 1: device is installed; Get one section 3 meters long-channel in milking parlour passage stage casing; Infrared ray sensor is set at high 0.5 meter at this passage one end; And on the infrared ray sensor opposite mounting ear mark evaluator, apart from infrared ray sensor against 1.5 meters of milch cow direction of travel horizontal ranges, passage above apart from ground 3 meters of vertical dimension photographing unit is installed;
Step 2: data acquisition, when milch cow when going to milking parlour to go to milk by cowshed through the milking parlour passage, milch cow forelimb blocking-up infrared ray; Infrared ray sensor produces signal and transfers to computer; Computer is controlled photographing unit automatically and is carried out three times and take pictures continuously, and picture data is passed computer back, meanwhile; The ear tag evaluator is discerned the milch cow ear tag, and passes the ear tag identifying information back computer;
Step 3: body condition scoring; The computer expert crosses the picture data that automatic body condition marking software will gather back and is processed into contour images; And contour images given a mark automatically; Three photo marking data of every cow head are carried out grouped record, get the body condition branch of its average, and it is noted as this milch cow;
Step 4: date processing; The computer expert crosses the body condition branch of every cattle that data processing software will collect and handles; Data processing software can calculate colony's body condition automatically and divide average, minimum body condition branch, the highest body condition branch; Filter out the cattle that is lower than specific branch and is higher than specific branch number, with the form output of output form.
Preferably, said infrared ray sensor, ear tag evaluator, photographing unit all are connected with computer through special circuit.
Preferably, the pixel of said photographing unit is 10,000,000 pixels.
Preferably, said ear tag identifying information is corresponding with picture data is stored in computer as one group of data jointly.
Preferably, the floor pavement white rubber pad of said passage.
Positive progressive effect of the present invention is: one, the present invention compares with traditional body condition methods of marking; Taked datumization to handle rather than pass through the method for vision and this sense organ of sense of touch; Thereby make appraisal result more objective, accurate, the error of having avoided artificial subjective factor to cause; Two, the present invention adopts the processing of automatization, does not need the training of professional scorer, has saved the labour force to greatest extent, has improved the efficient of body condition scoring, and use in the pasture that is fit to modernization, scale more.
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Fig. 2 is used for evaluating automatically the schematic diagram that the milch cow body condition divides for the present invention.
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Provide preferred embodiment of the present invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, to specify technical scheme of the present invention.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the present invention is used for evaluating automatically the method that the milch cow body condition divides and may further comprise the steps:
Step 1: device is installed; Get one section 3 meters long-channel in milking parlour passage (leading to the district's specific channel of milking) stage casing by the milch cow rest area; Floor pavement white rubber pad with this passage; Infrared ray sensor 1 is set at high 0.5 meter at this passage one end, and on the infrared ray sensor opposite mounting ear mark evaluator 2, apart from infrared ray sensor against 1.5 meters of milch cow direction of travel horizontal ranges, passage above apart from ground 3 meters of vertical dimension photographing unit 3 is installed.Infrared ray sensor, ear tag evaluator, photographing unit all are connected with computer 4 through special circuit.The pixel of photographing unit is 10,000,000 pixels.
Step 2: data acquisition, when milch cow when going to milking parlour to go to milk by cowshed through the milking parlour passage, milch cow forelimb blocking-up infrared ray; Infrared ray sensor produces signal and transfers to computer, and computer is controlled photographing unit automatically and carried out three times and take pictures continuously, and picture data is passed computer back; Meanwhile; The ear tag evaluator is discerned the milch cow ear tag, and passes the ear tag identifying information back computer, and the ear tag identifying information is corresponding with picture data to be stored in computer as one group of data jointly.
Step 3: body condition scoring; The computer expert crosses the picture data that automatic body condition marking software will gather back and is processed into contour images; And contour images given a mark automatically; Three photo marking data of every cow head are carried out grouped record, get the body condition branch of its average, and it is noted as this milch cow.
Step 4: date processing; The computer expert crosses the body condition branch of every cattle that data processing software will collect and handles; Data processing software can calculate colony's body condition automatically and divide average, minimum body condition branch, the highest body condition branch; Filter out the cattle that is lower than specific branch and is higher than specific branch number, with the form output of output form.
Those skilled in the art can carry out various remodeling and change to the present invention.Therefore, the present invention has covered various remodeling and the change in the scope that falls into appending claims and equivalent thereof.

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1. one kind is used for evaluating the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that it may further comprise the steps:
Step 1: device is installed; Get one section 3 meters long-channel in milking parlour passage stage casing; Infrared ray sensor is set at high 0.5 meter at this passage one end; And on the infrared ray sensor opposite mounting ear mark evaluator, apart from infrared ray sensor against 1.5 meters of milch cow direction of travel horizontal ranges, passage above apart from ground 3 meters of vertical dimension photographing unit is installed;
Step 2: data acquisition, when milch cow when going to milking parlour to go to milk by cowshed through the milking parlour passage, milch cow forelimb blocking-up infrared ray; Infrared ray sensor produces signal and transfers to computer; Computer is controlled photographing unit automatically and is carried out three times and take pictures continuously, and picture data is passed computer back, meanwhile; The ear tag evaluator is discerned the milch cow ear tag, and passes the ear tag identifying information back computer;
Step 3: body condition scoring; The computer expert crosses the picture data that automatic body condition marking software will gather back and is processed into contour images; And contour images given a mark automatically; Three photo marking data of every cow head are carried out grouped record, get the body condition branch of its average, and it is noted as this milch cow;
Step 4: date processing; The computer expert crosses the body condition branch of every cattle that data processing software will collect and handles; Data processing software can calculate colony's body condition automatically and divide average, minimum body condition branch, the highest body condition branch; Filter out the cattle that is lower than specific branch and is higher than specific branch number, with the form output of output form.
2. as claimed in claim 1 being used for evaluated the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that said infrared ray sensor, ear tag evaluator, photographing unit all are connected with computer through special circuit.
3. as claimed in claim 1 being used for evaluated the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that the pixel of said photographing unit is 10,000,000 pixels.
4. as claimed in claim 1 being used for evaluated the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that said ear tag identifying information is corresponding with picture data to be stored in computer as one group of data jointly.
5. as claimed in claim 1 being used for evaluated the method that the milch cow body condition divides automatically, it is characterized in that the floor pavement white rubber pad of said passage.
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