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Sub-clinical respiratory infection identified on farms by monitoring weight changes of pigs with the Weight-Detect instrument

Published: April 29th, 2025

WD unit was able to detect weight reduction in pigs six days before the clinical signs of a respiratory disease infection were noticed.

These results highlight the WD system’s ability to alert livestock managers about impending health problems before clinical signs appear, so appropriate mitigation measures can be implemented to reduce the negative impacts on welfare and production performance.

Precision livestock farming: Precision feeding technologies and sustainable livestock production

Jan, 2012

In order to be able to produce safe, uniform, cheap, environmentally- and welfare-friendly food products and market these products in an increasingly complex international agricultural market, livestock producers must have access to timely production related information.

Livestock Farming: A suite of electronic systems to ensure the application of best practice management on livestock farms

Jan, 2012

The sophisticated global market place for livestock products demands safe, uniform, cheap, and environmentally-and welfare-friendly products. However, best-practice management procedures are not always implemented on livestock farms to ensure that these market…

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