New cheap bolus for smarter farming

02-01-2023 | |
The capsule is easily swallowed by a cow and stays in the gut throughout its lifetime. Photo: Van Assendelft Photography
The capsule is easily swallowed by a cow and stays in the gut throughout its lifetime. Photo: Van Assendelft Photography
As a part of smart farming solutions, a new bolus device helps dairy farmers ramp up production performance with only moderate investments. A group of scientists from the Institute of Microdevices and Control Systems, Russia, has developed the bolus which is cost effective at 25,000 roubles ($400) per unit. Part of the Gut Health 2022 Special During a series of trials, the intelligent farming system which focused primarily on monitoring gut health and feeding efficiency, showed an increase of


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Vladislav Vorotnikov Eastern Europe correspondent