Agri-EPI Centre's first webinar in a five day celebration of agri-tech R&D projects for their Innovation Week supported by Leyton. [ Ссылка ]

Agri-EPI Centre's support of these projects covers trial facilities and project management and technical support. Email team@agri-epicentre.com for more information.

This webinar covers technology to detect changes in animal behaviour and health on-farm
Monday 24th May
10am-11:15am
Chair: Agri-EPI Centre CEO Dave Ross

Exploring the use of agritech to improve animal health and behaviour, including SmARTview cow recognition and data retrieval and Animal Behaviour Analytics.

10.10am Project 1: Behaviour Analytics Project
Speaker: Dr Chris Cormack, Managing Director at the Quant Foundry
Project Partners: University of Bristol Vet School, Quant Foundry

The welfare of livestock could be improved thanks to a new research project that will use novel artificial intelligence methods combined with behavioural analytics to provide rapid and reliable insights to animal health for farmers across the UK. The research and commercial feasibility program, co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, will be led by the Quant Foundry (QF) in collaboration with the University of Bristol Vet School and Agri-EPI Centre.

10.20am Project 2: SmARtView
Speaker: Gary McCartan, Pocket Sized Hands
Project Partners: Pocket Sized Hands, Abertay University, Vet Partners

Dairy farmers and vets have enlisted the help of video gaming experts to enhance cow health in a unique new study. The Innovate UK-funded SmARtview research project sees Agri-EPI Centre and UK Veterinary Group VetPartners join forces with experts at award-winning games developer Pocket Sized Hands and Abertay University’s School of Design & Informatics.

The project aims to develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system that can recognise a cow by its skin patterns and use a ‘HoloLens’ Augmented Reality (AR) headset to display health and productivity data about an animal as a user views it.

10.35am Project 3: Tail Tech
Presenter: Dr Rick D’Eath, Reader in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, SRUC

Tail biting in pigs is viewed as one of the most widespread and seriously aggressive behaviours that can manifest in a pigpen. Discover TailTech — a radical high-tech solution devised by Scottish scientists to detect the warning signs of pig tail biting and an alternative to the controversial last-resort practice of tail docking in piglets.

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