System for Monitoring and Control of in Vitro Ruminal Fermentation Kinetics

Abstract

The study ruminant digestive system is characterized by pre-gastric retention and fermentation. The vitro gas production techniques help predict the fermentation kinetics of food for ruminants. In this paper, an integral automatized system for monitoring the generated gas production by ruminal fermentation is presented. The system used a microcontroller equipped with pressure and temperature sensors whose function is data collection from the experimental samples and the liberation of the generated gas. The database is generated in a local server with internet remote access that which in turn is processed using a mobile application for visualized data, experiment control, and monitoring in real-time. With the proposed system, experimental tests are generated in ruminates and from the data obtained, the producer decided to establish diets for weight gain, growth, or animal health.