13TSB_AgriFood: Precision Cow Health Management

该项目旨在开发创新的移动3D成像技术，以增强牛体况评分（BCS）、活重和活动性（步态）的测量，作为一种高度先进的管理决策工具，以提高这些关键质量和生产特征的识别速度，从而促进动物福利、可持续性和盈利能力。该技术将同时且不受干扰地提供无压力监测，监测奶牛个体状况和跛行的增量变化，从而告知和改善营养管理、奶牛健康、福利和生产力，从而延长牛群寿命，提高产奶量。这些特征目前是通过需要高技能水平和训练的人工视觉评估来衡量的，因此对个人的主观性是开放的。我们的新型成像技术将实现更精确、可靠和频繁的测量，为提高奶牛的性能和福利创造更多机会。单个奶牛的数据将存储在一个中央网络数据库中，以便进行基准测试，并将分析后的数据在线传播给农民和价值链上的其他人。

This project seeks to develop innovative moving 3D imaging technology to enhance measurement of cow body condition score (BCS), live weight and mobility (gait) as a highly advanced management decision-making tool to improve the pace at which these key quality and production traits are identified for animal welfare, sustainability and profitability. The technology will simultaneously and unobtrusively provide stress-free monitoring of incremental changes in individual cow condition and lameness to inform and improve nutrition management, cow health, welfare and productivity leading to increased herd lifespan and more efficient milk production. These traits are currently measured by manual visual assessment requiring high skill levels and training, and so are open to the subjectivity of individuals. Our novel imaging technology will enable much more precise, reliable and frequent measurement, creating greater opportunities to improve cow performance and welfare. Individual cow data will be stored within a central web database to enable benchmarking and on-line dissemination of analysed data back to the farmers and others in the value chain.