Integrating innovative TECHnologies along the value Chain to improve small ruminant welfARE management

Project Information

TechCare

Grant agreement ID: 862050

DOI 10.3030/862050

EC signature date 18 June 2020

Start date 1 September 2020

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 5 999 895,00

EU contribution € 5 703 693,01

Coordinated by

SRUC
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Prioritised list of the main welfare issues affecting sheep and goats of the greatest concern to European stakeholders

Prioritised list of the main welfare issues affecting sheep and goats of the greatest concern to European stakeholders (producers to consumer).

Report on the European production systems in use for sheep and goats, and the associated welfare issues with each stage of the cycle
Initial Dissemination, Communication & Exploitation Plan

Initial Dissemination, Communication & Exploitation Plan established

List of gaps concerning further efforts required for innovative PLF tools addressing prioritised welfare issues

List of gaps concerning further efforts required for innovative PLF tools addressing prioritised welfare issues (i.e. determined in collaboration with WP1 and WP2).

KOM minutes

Minutes of the KOM distributed

Communication package created

A communication package will be created and circulated amongst all partners. It will be a practical guide for the partners on how to use the potential various communication/dissemination tools identified.

Risk assessment

Update of the risks identified for the project, associated to avoidance and mitigation plan for these risks and contingency plan if they occur. This risk assessment will be updated regularly (at M6 & M18)

1st update of Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan done

A 1st update of Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan will be done. It will be based on the initial information gathered for D7.3, but additional details and information will be added. This plan will be the guide for all actions, measuring achievements (expected achievements are included in section 2.2). It will also guide the communication.

List of organisations and advisory board representatives
List on the PLF tools and technologies currently in use for ruminant farming systems, their associated main production parameters and addressed animal welfare issues.
Report of market analysis

Report of market analysis from visits

Report on suitable welfare assessment methods for the priority welfare issues for European sheep and goat production
Tool kit established and distributed to all partners

"Tool kit established and distributed to all partners. It will include 1) a description of ""good practices"" of resource management, to be presented in the administrative and financial implementation manual, emphasising the duties of each partner and setting out the project management procedures; 2) a tool (e.g. excel) to monitor expenses (e.g. financial monitoring); 3) common reference documents such as deliverables and milestones list; 4) a common platform that will be set up to facilitate exchanges of documents and storage of projects outputs."

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Initial Data Management Plan established

Initial plan explaining how data will be handled during and after the project. Regular updates at M24 and M36

Other (1)

Prioritised list of data sources

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website created online

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Virtual fencing systems: balancing production and welfare outcomes

Author(s): Waterhouse T.
Published in: UK-VET Livestock, 2023, ISSN 2053-0870
Publisher: MAG Online Library
DOI: 10.12968/live.2023.28.5.227

Development of a novel Bluetooth Low Energy device for proximity and location monitoring in grazing sheep

Author(s): A.M. Walker, N.N. Jonsson, A. Waterhouse, H. McDougall, F. Kenyon, A. McLaren, C. Morgan-Davies
Published in: animal, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) 101276, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101276

The impact of gastrointestinal parasitism on the behaviour and welfare of weaned housed lambs

Author(s): Michelle C. Reeves, Naomi Booth, Naomi J. Fox, Jo Donbavand, Mhairi Jack, Fiona Kenyon, Jessica E. Martin, Emma M. Baxter, Cathy M. Dwyer
Published in: Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Issue 276, 2024, Page(s) 106323, ISSN 0168-1591
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106323

Growth and behaviour of post-weaned Mérinos d’Arlesewe lambs, as measured by a Walk-over-Weighing system under Mediterranean grazing conditions

Author(s): Leroux, I. Llach, G. Besche, J.-D. Guyonneau, D. Montier, P.-M. Bouquet, E. González-García
Published in: CABI digital library, 2021, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Preprint
DOI: 10.31220/agrirxiv.2021.00109

Evaluating a Walk-over-Weighing system for the automatic monitoring of growth in postweaned Mérinos d’Arlesewe lambs under Mediterranean grazing conditions

Author(s): Leroux, I. Llach, G. Besche, J.-D. Guyonneau, D. Montier, P.-M. Bouquet, I. Sanchez, E. González-García
Published in: Animal - Open Space, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 100032, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.anopes.2022.100032

Kalman filter with impulse noised outliers: A robust sequential algorithm to filter data with a large number of outliers

Author(s): Cloez, B. Fontez, E. González-García, I. Sanchez
Published in: Arxiv, 2022, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Arxiv
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2208.00961

The effect of age on young sheep biometric identification;

Author(s): A. Hitelman, Y. Edan, A. Godo, R. Berenstein, J. Lepar, I. Halachmi
Published in: Animal, Issue 16 (2), 2022, Page(s) 100452, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100452

Review: Exploring the use of precision livestock farming for small ruminant welfare management

Author(s): C. Morgan-Davies, G. Tesnière, J.M. Gautier, G.H.M. Jørgensen, E. González-García, S.I. Patsios, E.N. Sossidou, T.W.J. Keady, B. McClearn, F. Kenyon, G. Caja, L. Grøva, M. Decandia, L. Cziszter, I. Halachmi, C.M. Dwyer
Published in: animal, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) 101233, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101233