Notebook for Hut et al. 2022

Original article here

Getting the data from the bovi-analytics blob storage

You will need to get access key via Miel Hostens ([email protected])

The data contains data from 8 farms using 2 NEDAP sensors (leg and neck).

• HerdIdentifier - Identifier for the herd
• Animalidentifier : Identifier for the animal (her eartag)
• AnimalNumber : Secondary identifier for the animal
• Parity: 1, 2 and 3+
• CalvingTime : Date of calving
• CalvingSeason: season of calving e.g. Jan/Feb/Mar: winter
• MonthsInMilk: 30d average accounts for 1 month except for month 0: d-1, d0, d+1
• Hour: 2 hourly blocks per 24h
• MilkingType: automatic milking system (AMS) or conventional milking system (CMS)
• SensorDaysInMilk : Days in milk at sensor observation
• SensorValue: Eating time, rumination time, lying time, standing time, walking time, leg activity: number of steps (min/2h, ,min/day, no. of steps/2h, no. of steps/day)

Models MonthsInMilk

Lying and walking behavior

• Link to model Standing time
• Link to model Walking time
• Link to model Leg Activity
• Link to model Lying Time

Eating behavior

• Link to model Eating Time

Rumination behavior

• Link to model Rumination Time

Models 24h patterns

Lying and walking behavior

• Link to model Standing time
• Link to model Walking time
• Link to model Leg Activity
• Link to model Lying Time

Eating behavior

• Link to model Eating Time

Rumination behavior

• Link to model Rumination Time

overall graphs

Remarks and meeting notes

Review