Vet-varsity earns patent on IoT device for milk yield recording

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, has successfully secured a patent for an innovative method to automate and ensure authentic milk yield recording in the field conditions for dairy farmers practising hand milking in their dairy herds. This innovative solution leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technology for authentic milk recording.

The work was initiated and accomplished at the College of Animal Biotechnology. “This technology has the potential to revolutionise the dairy industry by ensuring accurate and tamper-proof milk yield tracking of the animals and thereby enhancing transparency and trust in the supply chain. It will also serve as a means for empowering dairy farmers with data-driven insights. The authentic milk yield associated with individual animals will help farmers get better recognition and market prices for their elite animals. The technology will also help dairy breeders to expand the scope of genetic evaluation of dairy animals, enabling them to realise accurate selection and better genetic improvement,” a university official said.

Dr JPS Gill, vice-chancellor, congratulated Dr Neeraj Kashyap the innovator of the technology for the achievement. Dr Gill added that it was a proud moment for the university to be at the forefront of technological innovation, for generating a long-sought solution to the problem of lack of authentic production data in the dairy sector, which had been a major hindrance to the nationwide implementation of genetic improvement programme.

This ground-breaking technology had the potential to revolutionise the dairy industry by ensuring accurate and tamper-proof milk-yield tracking of the animals and thereby enhancing transparency and trust in the supply chain, he added.