Livestock real-time vital signs monitoring system

The focus on the application of information and communication technologies and electronic (ICTE) in agriculture has proven to be very efficient and revolutionary. With the adoption of increasingly efficient and modern technologies, agriculture generally improves its competitiveness and production sustainability. The intensive use of ICTE in this sector aims to create integrated solutions that generate effective gains in productivity, sustainability and economic, social and environmental quality. In this paper is proposed an ICTE-based cattle or horse monitoring system, developed as a belt containing a microcontroller device used to assess the animal's heart rate and detect abnormal mobility. Correct assessment of these two parameters is very useful for detecting many of the pathologies and anomalies that constitute economic losses for producers. With precise monitoring, it is possible to minimize these events detrimental to animal production.