Establishment of Data Base for Body Temperature Change in Cattle
2012
Jeong, W.Y., Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Yi, O.H., Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lee, S.C., National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Lee, S.R., Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
A normal body temperature data base for cattle was established to utilize for automatic monitoring of abnormal body condition of cattle by using sensor network and radio frequency identification technology. Three castrated Holstein cattle (mean body weight: 318±12 kg) were employed for body temperature measurement. Animals were adapted at the stanchion barn over 2 weeks, and 4 places (skins of ear, neck, head and subcutaneous tissue of neck) of body temperatures were continuously measured through thermocouples and recorder devices for 9 days. All places of body temperatures were fluctuated throughout the day and showed a cyclic pattern, with higher temperature in day time and lower temperature in nigh time. Normal subcutaneous tissue temperature (core temperature) in a day was ranged from 36.1℃ to 38.2℃. Skin temperatures were varied largely with environmental temperature change. Ear, head and neck temperatures varied with 36.3~28.5℃, 36.1~28.0℃ and 35.0~28.2℃, respectively. In this study, we established a basic data base for normal body temperature in cattle. For more effective data base, it would be needed further study.
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