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Micro-controlled design of portable cattle mastitis detection system

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This work presents a novel handheld mastitis detection device for detecting mastitis in dairy cattle, as well as a cattle management information system for managing cattle health information. The management information system comprises of three major subsystems—a mastitis detection device, an information display device, and a cloud database. The mastitis detection device detects and evaluates the degree of mastitis immediately before milking operations are carried out. The information display device shows the health information of the dairy cattle obtained from a cloud database and the database manages the milk production of a dairy farm. The combination of these two devices helps the dairy farmer to verify the mastitis of cattle effectively and find its health information rapidly.

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This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, R. O. C., Grant number MOST 104-2221-E-327-033-.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Ming-Chih Chen & Hsu-Cheng Chiang

  2. Department of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Yi-Wen Chiu

  3. Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Chia-Yen Chen

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Chen, MC., Chiu, YW., Chiang, HC. et al. Micro-controlled design of portable cattle mastitis detection system. Microsyst Technol 27, 1371–1377 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-018-4256-9

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