Development of a data-driven method for assessing health and welfare in the most common livestock species in Switzerland: The Smart Animal Health project.

animal-based indicators data integration farm animals health indicators machine learning monitoring welfare indicators

Journal

Frontiers in veterinary science
ISSN: 2297-1769
Titre abrégé: Front Vet Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101666658

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 16 12 2022
accepted: 28 02 2023
medline: 15 4 2023
entrez: 14 4 2023
pubmed: 15 4 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Improving animal health and welfare in livestock systems depends on reliable proxies for assessment and monitoring. The aim of this project was to develop a novel method that relies on animal-based indicators and data-driven metrics for assessing health and welfare at farm level for the most common livestock species in Switzerland. Method development followed a uniform multi-stage process for each species. Scientific literature was systematically reviewed to identify potential health and welfare indicators for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry. Suitable indicators were applied in the field and compared with outcomes of the Welfare Quality

Identifiants

pubmed: 37056235
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1125806
pmc: PMC10086233
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1125806

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Thomann, Würbel, Kuntzer, Umstätter, Wechsler, Meylan and Schüpbach-Regula.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

TK was employed by Identitas AG. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Beat Thomann (B)

Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Hanno Würbel (H)

Animal Welfare Division, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Thibault Kuntzer (T)

Identitas AG, Bern, Switzerland.

Christina Umstätter (C)

Research Division on Competitiveness and System Evaluation, Agroscope, Ettenhausen, Switzerland.
Thünen Institute of Agricultural Technology, Braunschweig, Germany.

Beat Wechsler (B)

Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Agroscope, Ettenhausen, Switzerland.

Mireille Meylan (M)

Clinic for Ruminants, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Gertraud Schüpbach-Regula (G)

Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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