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.l M. Weary 2020 Animals 10: 15p paper
In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age: Adult;
Summary:
Dairy cattle often become ill after calving. This article is about models designed to predict which cows are likely to become ill based upon measures of the cows’ feeding and competitive behaviors before calving. The models had high sensitivity (73–71%), specificity (80–84%), positive predictive values (73–77%), and negative predictive values (80–80%) for both cows that had previously calved and for those calving for the first time. So they concluded that behaviors at the feed bunk before calving can predict cows at risk of becoming sick in the weeks after calving.

Where to find the original material: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/6/928/htm; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10060928
Country: British Columbia, Canada

399 – Machine learning based fog computing assisted data driven approach for early lameness detection in dairy cattle (Research paper – Taneja – 2020)

Oct 2021/in Cattle, Database record, Other country, Precision Livestock Farming, Research report/paper, Sensor Technology /by GeorgetaANGST

399 Research paper – Taneja – 2020-Machine learning based fog computing assisted data driven approach for early lameness detection in dairy cattle

In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
Timely lameness detection is one of the major and costliest health problems in dairy cattle. This poses a concern with increasing herd sizes, as prolonged or undetected lameness severely compromises cows’ health and welfare, and ultimately affects the milk productivity of the farm. To tackle this, an end-to-end IoT application that leverages advanced machine learning and data analytics techniques to monitor the cattle in real-time and identify lame cattle at an early stage has been developed. The proposed approach has been validated on a real world smart dairy farm setup consisting of a dairy herd of 150 cows in Waterford, Ireland. The detected lameness anomalies are further sent to farmer’s mobile device. The results indicate that lameness can be detected 3 days before it can be visually captured by the farmer with an overall accuracy of 87%. This means that the animal can either be isolated or treated immediately.

Where to find the original material: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339914936_Machine_learning_based_fog_computing_assisted_data-driven_approach_for_early_lameness_detection_in_dairy_cattle; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105286
Country: IE

397 – Field trial to demonstrate the intelligent dairy assistantIDA system on dairy farms (Research paper – Rutten 2019)

Oct 2021/in Belgium, Cattle, Database record, Netherlands, Precision Livestock Farming, Research report/paper, Sensor Technology /by GeorgetaANGST

397 Research paper – Rutten 2019 – Field trial to demonstrate the intelligent dairy assistantIDA system on dairy farms

In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age: Adult;
Summary:
Connecterra’s Intelligent Dairy Assistant (IDA) is a novel Internet of Things based on a management support system for dairy farms. IDA uses sensor technology, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to support dairy farmers with insights on oestrus and health management. The IDA system uses feedback on historic data to improve its underlying models and farmers may learn from using the system. The experiences indicate that oestrus detection can be improved, and health monitoring can help to start early treatment and thereby reduce the use of antibiotics. For milk production the results are inconclusive as the groups with and without IDA were not balanced on milk yield before the field trial started. Based on the limited size of the experiment it could not be proven significant effects or causal relationships.

Where to find the original material: http://www.eaplf.eu/wp-content/uploads/ECPLF_19_book.pdf; ISBN 978-1-84170-654-2
Country: BE; NL

394 – Ghid de bune practici privind sănătatea ugerului în fermele europene de vaci de lapte care utilizează sisteme automate de muls şi alte tehnologii în domeniul producţiei (Tools & Checklists)

Oct 2021/in Belgium, Cattle, Database record, Mastitis / Udder health, Tools & Checklists /by GeorgetaANGST

394 ToolsChecklists – Ghid de bune practici privind sănătatea ugerului în fermele europene de vaci de lapte care utilizează sisteme automate de muls şi alte tehnologii în domeniul producţiei

In Significant Impact Groups:
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age:
Summary:
This guide aims to help farmers use new milking technologies and automatic milking systems (SAM). It describes the various technologies available for mastitis monitoring and provides some general tips on maintaining good udder health.

Where to find the original material: https://4d4f.eu/sites/default/files/4_GBP_sanatate_uger.pdf;
Country: Belgium;

393 – 4 ways Sweden has cut antibiotics use on dairy farms by Ylva Persson associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association (Tools & Checklists)

Oct 2021/in Cattle, Database record, Other country, Tools & Checklists /by GeorgetaANGST

393 ToolsChecklists – 4 ways Sweden has cut antibiotics use on dairy farms by Ylva Persson associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association

In Significant Impact Groups:
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age:
Summary:
Ylva Persson, associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association, explains how the country is achieving the lowest use of veterinary antimicrobials among EU member states and offers advice on how UK farmers can aspire to do the same. The 4 ways are: removing unnecessary use of antibiotics, minimizing need and preventing spread, optimising use when needed, and monitoring use and resistance.

Where to find the original material: https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-welfare/livestock-medicines/4-ways-sweden-has-cut-antibiotics-use-on-dairy-farms;
Country: Sweden;

390 – Phytochemicals as antibiotic alternatives to promote growth and enhance host health (Research paper – Lillehoj – 2018)

Oct 2021/in Cattle, Database record, Feed and Gut Health, Feed Composition, Addititves and Supplements, Other country, Pigs, Poultry, Research report/paper /by GeorgetaANGST

390 Research paper – Lillehoj – 2018 – Phytochemicals as antibiotic alternatives to promote growth and enhance host health

In Significant Impact Groups: Feed / gut health \ Feed additives and supplements
Species targeted: Pigs; Poultry; Dairy;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
Scientists from industry and academia and government research institutes shared their experience in developing and applying potential antibiotic-alternative phytochemicals commercially to reduce AGPs and to develop a sustainable animal production system in the absence of antibiotics.

Where to find the original material: https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-018-0562-6; 10.1186/s13567-018-0562-6
Country: USA

389 – Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals (Research paper – Papatsiros – 2014)

Oct 2021/in Cattle, Database record, Other country, Pigs, Poultry, Research report/paper, Sheep, Specific alternatives /by GeorgetaANGST

389 Research paper – Papatsiros – 2014 – Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals

In Significant Impact Groups: Specific alternatives \ Immunomodulators
Species targeted: Sheep; Dairy; Poultry; Pigs;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:

Nowadays, there is an increasing concern for the public health about the consequences from the long and increased use of antibiotics in livestock production. The use of antibiotics in animal feed as growth promoters has been completely banned by the European Union since 2006, based on their possible negative effects on human and animal health. The removal of growth promoters has led to animal performance problems and a rise in the incidence of certain animal diseases. Thus, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to antibiotics, especially in EU. Due to the modern consumers’ concern about the potential development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well as at the same time the need to prevent economic losses of the farmers, alternatives to antibiotics has been developed to prevent the health problems and to improve the growth performance in farm animals. Owing to the full ban of antibiotic use in EU there is an urgent need to find alternatives to in-feed antibiotics. New strategies and commercial products must be developed to improve animal health and performance, based on their safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study is to summarize the beneficial effects of currently used alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, i.e. probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, phytogenic compounds and zeolites on health and growth performance in farm animals (swine, poultry and ruminants).

Where to find the original material: https://www.cabi.org/cabreviews/review/20133390413; 10.1079/PAVSNNR20138032
Country: Europe

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400 – Predicting Disease in Transition Dairy Cattle (Research paper -Sahar – 2020)