Free-range livestock management server apparatus, system, method, and program

A free-range livestock management method for managing information related to free-range livestock and a farming site using hardware resources, the free-range livestock management method comprising:

• acquiring, from an external source, information related to an individual livestock animal and information related to a location of a farming site;
• identifying the individual livestock animal on the basis of the acquired information;
• identifying the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• grasping a condition of the individual livestock animal and the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• monitoring an abnormal condition of the individual livestock animal and the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• organizing and associating pieces of the information related to the identified individual livestock animal, the identified location, the grasped condition, and the monitored abnormal condition for each identified individual livestock animal and each identified location;
• storing the information organized and associated for each individual livestock animal and each location;
• determining urgency of information related to the abnormal condition of the individual livestock animal or the location among the stored information on the basis of a preset criterion;
• and
• creating notification information on the basis of the information determined to be urgent and transmitting the notification information to a predetermined terminal,
• wherein the farming site includes a free access stall provided with a swinging door through which the individual livestock animal can freely enter and exit, a free area in which the individual livestock animal can roam freely, a pasture, an outdoor playground, a barn, a feeding area, and an inspection passage,
• wherein each of the areas differs from one another in a degree of behavioral restriction imposed on the individual livestock animal or in a functional characteristic of the area,
• wherein the identifying the location comprises identifying, as the location, one of the respective areas in which the individual livestock animal is located, and
• wherein the condition of the individual livestock animal is grasped, and the abnormal condition is monitored, in accordance with the degree of behavioral restriction or the functional characteristic of the identified area.

A computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing hardware resources to execute a process of managing information related to free-range livestock and a farming site, the program causing the hardware resources to execute:

• a process of acquiring, from an external source, information related to an individual livestock animal and information related to a location of a farming site;
• a process of identifying the individual livestock animal on the basis of the acquired information;
• a process of identifying the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• a process of grasping a condition of the individual livestock animal and the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• a process of monitoring an abnormal condition of the individual livestock animal and the location on the basis of the acquired information;
• a process of organizing and associating pieces of the information related to the identified individual livestock animal, the identified location, the grasped condition, and the monitored abnormal condition for each identified individual livestock animal and each identified location;
• a process of storing the information organized and associated for each individual livestock animal and each location;
• a process of determining urgency of information related to the abnormal condition of the individual livestock animal or the location among the stored information on the basis of a preset criterion;
• and
• a process of creating notification information on the basis of the information determined to be urgent and transmitting the notification information to a predetermined terminal,
• wherein the farming site includes a free access stall provided with a swinging door through which the individual livestock animal can freely enter and exit, a free area in which the individual livestock animal can roam freely, a pasture, an outdoor playground, a barn, a feeding area, and an inspection passage,
• wherein each of the areas differs from one another in a degree of behavioral restriction imposed on the individual livestock animal or in a functional characteristic of the area,
• wherein the process for identifying the location includes identifying, as the location, a respective area in which the individual livestock animal is located, and
• wherein the process of grasping the condition of the individual livestock animal, and the process of monitoring the abnormal condition, are executed in accordance with the degree of behavioral restriction or the functional characteristic of the identified area.