Abstract:
Cow heat detection system is a system designed special for dairy farmers purposely to ease their work in monitoring and availing the cow for mating and insemination on time. In Uganda, dairy farming is one of the major activities in the South-western, central, and north-eastern. parts of the country, with the sector contributing significantly to the economic, nutritional, and employment opportunities of the rural communities in those areas. However, diary and animal production in Uganda is affected factors like dry season, and with mostly heat detection failure causing frustration to farmers hence reduction. in milk output. The current methods used for heat detection like visual observation is not efficient and time wasting. This has led to decrease in the country s economy and losses to dairy farmers. With these challenges faced and studied from different forms of literature, consultation and observation, cow heat detection system has been, developed through a number of procedures as well testing and evaluation done. The main aim of this system is to ease heat detection and facilitate cow mating and insemination on time. In this system, three major functionalities have been achieved that is to say sensing and monitoring the parameter changes, drawing conclusion basing on the findings, and alerting the farmer by messaging using GSM.
In conclusion, this system will reduce the increasing tosses in Agriculture in terms of extended calving intervals, milk loss, increased veterinary cost, increased heifer rearing cost, and slowed genetic progress mainly from the dairy farming sector and possibly animal production.
