Distant biometry in cattle farm using wireless sensor networks

Abstract

Nowadays, cattle industry is being one of the profitable industries, in which health monitoring is greater issue. To overcome this, we developed a system of wireless health monitoring in cattle farm. Here, we measure biological parameters such as temperature, ph value, and wound indication. These parameters are measured using wireless sensors, which are attached on the cattle's body. All these sensors form Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN). The wireless sensors are coordinated by a microcontroller. The sensors sense the parameters and transmit them to a monitoring system. To reduce power consumption, whenever there is abnormal change in temperature, it enables the other two sensors, which means that the temperature sensor acts as a wake up devices. In the monitoring system, all three values are viewed, and if any value seems to exceed the default value, an alarm will be produced. Here, ph value of cattle's urine is noted, because when the acidity in the cattle's urine increases, liver may gets damaged. The RGB sensor is used to identify starting stage wound, by identifying the changes in colour. The RGB sensor with temperature sensor is used to identify foot mouth disease. The microcontroller that we used here is ARM7 Microcontroller. Thus, the parameters are sensed and transmitted to the monitoring system, from which health status is monitored.