Precision Livestock Farming
Animal husbandry relies increasingly on technology to continuously monitor animal behaviour, animal health, production and the environmental impact. The HAS Green Academy Animal Welfare and Technology professorship is conducting research into this within the precision livestock farming research line.
The aim is to detect any abnormalities at an early stage, so that farmers can intervene in time and improve animal health, animal welfare and boost the efficiency of animal production.
Data collected by sensors is compared with threshold values or the individual pattern of the animal concerned, so that deviations are identified early.
The system generates an alert for the farmer who can then determine what the animal needs based on the data, supplemented by their own knowledge and experience used to interpret this data. The predicted outcome is an improvement in animal health, welfare and sustainability throughout the entire system.