What is the Mobile Sheep Feed Intake Assessment?
The Mobile sheep feed intake assessment at the Easter Howgate Beef and Sheep Research Centre of portable Biocontrol feed and water intake equipment for sheep. The system works with RFID ear tags to record individual animal intakes of forage, concentrates and water in an open pen. Number, timings and duration of each meal per lamb recorded.
SRUC owns 3 modules, each containing:
- 16 forage bins
- 4 water crates with weigh platforms
- 4 concentrate crates
- Space for 140 sheep at any time
- The system works with EID tags to record individual animal intakes of forage, concentrates and water in an open pen.
- Number, timings and duration of each meal per lamb is recorded.
- The system can provide access to different feed types within the same pen and feed allocations can be set on an individual animal basis.
In Collaboration with
This Capability is based at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)’s Easter Howgate Farm site. SRUC is a specialist institution offering college and university level courses. SRUC strives to help grow a natural economy fuelled by the responsible use of the world’s natural resources: people, land, energy, water, animals and plants.
