Environmental Factor Detection and Analysis Technologies in Livestock and Poultry Houses: A Review

Fei Qi, Xuedong Zhao, Zhengxiang Shi, Hao Li () and Wanying Zhao
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Fei Qi: College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Xuedong Zhao: College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Zhengxiang Shi: College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Hao Li: College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Wanying Zhao: China Rural Technology Development Center, Beijing 100045, China

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: The environment in livestock and poultry houses plays an important role in the growth and reproduction of livestock and poultry. In order to obtain the environmental conditions of livestock and poultry houses in a timely and reliable manner, and eliminate adverse environmental factors, scholars have been exploring various methods to obtain and predict environmental factors. This paper reviewed the literature from the last 10 years, specifically focusing on technologies for detecting environmental factors in livestock and poultry houses, which can be mainly divided into three categories: research on the environmental monitoring and control of livestock and poultry houses based on detection equipment and wireless sensor technology; research on the distribution and regularity of environmental factors in livestock and poultry houses based on a mathematical model; research on the environmental simulation and detection of livestock and poultry houses based on computer technology. The current testing methods have their advantages and disadvantages. When studying environmental factors, researchers should choose the most appropriate method for data acquisition according to the actual situation. The proposed recommendations for achieving this goal are as follows: (1) The control of environmental factors should be combined with the physiological response of livestock and poultry. The needs of animals should be considered; (2) Novel approaches need to be developed to integrate energy requirements into the environmental regulation of livestock and poultry houses; (3) It is necessary to research and develop control models and strategies that can predict the environment in the houses, and the transient simulation method should be further explored; (4) Improve environmental detection and control accuracy through the coupling of different technologies.

Keywords: animal husbandry; environmental control; detection and analysis technologies; mathematical model; CFD; machine learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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