Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts

Efficient cattle healthcare management is vital for ensuring productivity and welfare in dairy production, yet traditional record-keeping methods often lack transparency, security, and efficiency, leading to challenges in livestock product quality and healthcare. This study introduces a novel framew...

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Main Authors: Saravanan Krishnan, Lakshmi Prabha Ganesan
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/65
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description Efficient cattle healthcare management is vital for ensuring productivity and welfare in dairy production, yet traditional record-keeping methods often lack transparency, security, and efficiency, leading to challenges in livestock product quality and healthcare. This study introduces a novel framework leveraging Zero Knowledge (ZK)-Rollups-enhanced Layer 2 blockchain and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to address these issues. NFTs serve as secure digital certificates for individual cattle health records, ensuring transparency and traceability. ZK-Rollups on the Layer 2 blockchain enhance scalability, privacy, and cost-efficiency, while smart contracts automate key processes such as veterinary scheduling, medication delivery, and insurance claims, minimizing administrative overhead. Performance evaluations reveal significant advancements, with transaction delays of 4.1 ms, throughput of 249.8 TPS, gas costs reduced to 26,499.76 Gwei, and a time-to-finality of 1.1 ms, achieved through ZK-SNARKs (ZK-Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) integration. These results demonstrate the system’s potential to revolutionize cattle healthcare management by combining transparency, security, and operational efficiency.
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spelling doaj-art-d82fe2ace75e447da87cc38c13e1510d2025-01-24T13:50:41ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542025-01-011316510.3390/systems13010065Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart ContractsSaravanan Krishnan0Lakshmi Prabha Ganesan1Department of CSE, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025, IndiaDepartment of CSE, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025, IndiaEfficient cattle healthcare management is vital for ensuring productivity and welfare in dairy production, yet traditional record-keeping methods often lack transparency, security, and efficiency, leading to challenges in livestock product quality and healthcare. This study introduces a novel framework leveraging Zero Knowledge (ZK)-Rollups-enhanced Layer 2 blockchain and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to address these issues. NFTs serve as secure digital certificates for individual cattle health records, ensuring transparency and traceability. ZK-Rollups on the Layer 2 blockchain enhance scalability, privacy, and cost-efficiency, while smart contracts automate key processes such as veterinary scheduling, medication delivery, and insurance claims, minimizing administrative overhead. Performance evaluations reveal significant advancements, with transaction delays of 4.1 ms, throughput of 249.8 TPS, gas costs reduced to 26,499.76 Gwei, and a time-to-finality of 1.1 ms, achieved through ZK-SNARKs (ZK-Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) integration. These results demonstrate the system’s potential to revolutionize cattle healthcare management by combining transparency, security, and operational efficiency.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/65blockchainNFTlivestock healthcareZK-RollupsLayer 2 Blockchainsmart contracts
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ZK-Rollups
Layer 2 Blockchain
smart contracts
title Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts
title_full Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts
title_fullStr Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts
title_short Integrated Dairy Production and Cattle Healthcare Management Using Blockchain NFTs and Smart Contracts
title_sort integrated dairy production and cattle healthcare management using blockchain nfts and smart contracts
topic blockchain
NFT
livestock healthcare
ZK-Rollups
Layer 2 Blockchain
smart contracts
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/65
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