An IOT Livestock health monitoring system for Farmers

In many countries across the world, livestock plays a critical role to the economy as well as to the livelihood of people. In Botswana for example, livestock is a major agricultural sector contributing to 80% of total agricultural GDP. Livestock include mainly cattle, goats and sheep which can be of high value, especially those of special breeds such as boer goats and Kalahari reeds. Therefore, livestock health monitoring is very important to detect early signs of sickness, to allow for immediate removal of the animal from the heard as well as treatment. In this work an IoT system is developed to continuously monitor livestock temperature and heart rate and immediately notify the farmer owner throw a whatsapp message for any serious detections. The system utilized components like an LM35 temperature sensor to measure body temperature, and a KY-039 pulse sensor to determine heart rate. The system was integrated with the Thingspeak IoT platform through Wi-Fi, allowing data storage, analysis, and visualization in the cloud. The system developed is hoped to improve livestock health monitoring, treatment and farm management.