Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Climate change is a worldwide problem that is manifested in livestock farming with a decrease in animal health and welfare and economic losses due to heat stress. Therefore, a precise and continuous recording of the barn climate is essential to be able to implement actions at a certain threshold. The aim of this study was to evaluate a logger for temperature and humidity (Kestrel Drop D2) marketed for on-farm use in comparison to various other temperature/humidity data loggers under field conditions. Four different sensors were used and placed in different settings in cattle barns to correlate temperature and humidity measurements. Data were recorded for over a year in total. The data were very highly correlated. Furthermore, the area under the curve for the evaluated logger in comparison to the other ones was 0.99 to 1.0, using a temperature-humidity index cut-off of 72, often set to define heat stress. In conclusion, the evaluated logger performed equally well as the other used devices. For on-farm use, it is suitable.
Source: Sensors
DOI: 10.3390/s24227117
Authors: Malina Flessner, Felix König, Christian Guse, Michael Iwersen, Daniela Klein-Jöbstl
Institution: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Zero hunger, Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,955
OpenAlex ID: W4404066014