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The precision livestock farming

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November 13, 2012
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Komlósi, I. (2012). The precision livestock farming. Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, 49, 201-202. https://doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/49/2525
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The application of information technology is the response of the livestock farming to the demand of customer, legal and economical expectations. This technology is the socalled precision livestock farming (PLF). The elements of the PLF are: continuous monitoring of inputs, animal behaviour by sensors, an algorithm which converts these signals into a figure, this figure is compared to an optimum then adjustment of the input is followed, if it is necesary.