Development of Multimodal Rumen Monitoring Platform (RuMP) for Cattle to Improve Productivity, Sustainability and Resilience

到2040年实现净零碳目标是一个优先事项，需要新颖和创新的解决方案来实现养牛业的现代化。尽管研究已经开发出膳食补充剂和药物，但这些都是以总括方式应用的，无法满足动物和农民的个人需求。精准畜牧业（PLF）针对个体动物的治疗，推动更可持续的畜牧业需要新的方法来帮助农民，兽医和政策制定者。该项目将创建一个低成本的瘤胃监测平台（RuMP），将多个传感元件集成在一个设备中，包括独特的生物污损缓解方法，以导航瘤胃微生物组的环境。

Achieving net-zero carbon objective by 2040 is a priority requiring novel and innovative solutions to modernise the cattle husbandry sector.Although research has developed dietary supplements and medication, these are applied with a blanket approach and don't address individual needs of the animal and farmer. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) targets individual animal treatment and the drive towards more sustainable husbandry requires new approaches to aid farmers, veterinarians and policymakers. This project will create a low-cost Rumen Monitoring Platform (RuMP) incorporating multiple sensing elements in a single device that includes unique biofouling mitigation methods to navigate the environment of the rumen microbiome.