1. Poultry and livestock management applications

2. Chicken farm management
Study chicken activity, health with long-term environment data correlation

3. Native chicken

4. Environmental Control
Test areas
ADSL Modem
Internet
USB GPRS Modem 56Kbps
Chicken ranch, Siluo
Huwei
Linnei
IEEE g/b, 54Mbps
AP Router
2M/512
National Chung Hsing University
Distance from Taichung to Yunlin is about 50 km
Field Server
Environmental Control
Data gathering agent

5. Chicken monitoring topology
ADSL router
NCHU
Wireless router
LFS-01--EA
LFS-02-- EA
LFS-06-- EA
LFS-05-- EA
LFS-03-- EA
Internet

6. Chicken growth and health
1. Heater efficiency for baby chick in winter
2.Temperature, humidity, ammonia, carbon dioxide distribution in a chicken shelter
3. Chicken activity affected by weather temp. (16-28℃)
4. Water sprayer cooling system efficiency, and proper operating conditions
5. Chicken death of raining season problems
6. Remote and automatic control and management

7. Chicken farm management portal

8. Activity observation

9. Proper temp. to baby chick
age
(day) 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Temp. ℃ 33 32 31 30 28 26 24 22 20

10. Chicken growth temp. (or heat stress)
16-28℃, the comfortable temperature range
Over 30℃, chicken activity change, may effect growth rate
Over 38℃, heat stress

11. Chicken activity-day 2/15
High temperature 31.5℃ at (a.m. 10:09) and decrease to 27.5℃ at (p.m. 12:24)

12. Chicken activity-day 2/16
High temperature 34.5℃ at (p.m. 12:36) and decrease to 27.5℃ at (p.m. 2:15)

13. Temp. & Humidity in shelter (Dec. 2005)℃ ％