Device for monitoring the status of a livestock facility

A device for monitoring the status of a livestock facility, wherein the status of the livestock facility includes health and/or welfare of livestock animals inside the livestock facility and/or management status of external systems installed in the facility, the device comprising:

• i. a housing unit comprising:
• a) one or more temperature sensors configured to measure the air temperature in the livestock facility;
• b) one or more relative humidity sensors configured to monitor the relative humidity of the air in the livestock facility;
• c) one or more light sensors configured to measure the color and/or the light intensity inside the livestock facility to distinguish the real or artificially imposed day and night regimes in the livestock facility;
• d) one or more light emitting means configured to indicate the status of the device and/or abnormalities related to livestock animals inside the livestock facility;
• e) one or more microphones;
• and
• f) one or more loudspeakers;
• and
• ii. a communication module comprising one or more wireless communication means to interact with other devices and/or external systems,
• wherein two or more microphones are arranged in one or more circular peripheries and are configured to capture sounds produced in surrounding environment, wherein the two or more microphones enhance the accuracy of the device to perform additional functionalities, and wherein the loudspeaker of the housing unit is located at the centre of the circular periphery at equal distances from each of the microphones, such that the positioning of microphones and loudspeaker facilitates automated testing of microphones.