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

Informazioni relative al progetto

TechCare

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 862050

DOI 10.3030/862050

Data della firma CE 18 Giugno 2020

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2020

Data di completamento 31 Agosto 2025

Finanziato da

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

Costo totale € 5 999 895,00

Contributo UE € 5 703 693,01

Coordinato da

SRUC
United Kingdom

Risultati finali

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

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 ie 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 communicationdissemination 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 D73 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 22 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.

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 eg excel to monitor expenses eg 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

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Virtual fencing systems: balancing production and welfare outcomes

Autori: Waterhouse T.
Pubblicato in: UK-VET Livestock, 2023, ISSN 2053-0870
Editore: 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

Autori: A.M. Walker, N.N. Jonsson, A. Waterhouse, H. McDougall, F. Kenyon, A. McLaren, C. Morgan-Davies
Pubblicato in: animal, Numero 18, 2024, Pagina/e 101276, ISSN 1751-7311
Editore: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101276

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

Autori: Michelle C. Reeves, Naomi Booth, Naomi J. Fox, Jo Donbavand, Mhairi Jack, Fiona Kenyon, Jessica E. Martin, Emma M. Baxter, Cathy M. Dwyer
Pubblicato in: Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Numero 276, 2024, Pagina/e 106323, ISSN 0168-1591
Editore: 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

Autori: Leroux, I. Llach, G. Besche, J.-D. Guyonneau, D. Montier, P.-M. Bouquet, E. González-García
Pubblicato in: CABI digital library, 2021, ISSN 0000-0000
Editore: 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

Autori: Leroux, I. Llach, G. Besche, J.-D. Guyonneau, D. Montier, P.-M. Bouquet, I. Sanchez, E. González-García
Pubblicato in: Animal - Open Space, Numero 2, 2023, Pagina/e 100032, ISSN 0000-0000
Editore: 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

Autori: Cloez, B. Fontez, E. González-García, I. Sanchez
Pubblicato in: Arxiv, 2022, ISSN 0000-0000
Editore: Arxiv
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2208.00961

The effect of age on young sheep biometric identification;

Autori: A. Hitelman, Y. Edan, A. Godo, R. Berenstein, J. Lepar, I. Halachmi
Pubblicato in: Animal, Numero 16 (2), 2022, Pagina/e 100452, ISSN 1751-7311
Editore: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100452

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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: animal, Numero 18, 2024, Pagina/e 101233, ISSN 1751-7311
Editore: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101233