Spotlight on the 7 TechCare pilot farms
During the first year of the project, the TechCare consortium has identified and prioritized welfare issues for each sector: dairy sheep, meat sheep and dairy goats.
TechCare’s People: Bertrand Cloez!
I am an INRAE data scientist with expertise in mathematics, statistics and modelling in the Joint Research Unit MISTEA. In TechCare project, I am participating mainly in the WP4 and in the interface between WP3 and 4.
TechCare in the news
List of past and upcoming events with TechCare partners attendance.
New additions to TechCare: Ailsa Thomson, Theo Kriszt
Ailsa received her Batchelor of Science in Agriculture from the university of Glasgow in 2016, studying at SRUC Craibstone.
TechCare Partner Team: INRAE and NIBIO (Leader and Co-Leader WP3)
INRAE, a world’s leader institute for research on agriculture, food and the environment, carries out mission-oriented researches to address global current and future challenges faced by humankind and the planet.
Is it possible to use the Walk-over-Weighing (WoW) in sheep identified with ruminal boluses?
In the scope of a collaboration looking to put in place the Walk-over-Weighing (WoW) platform under the farming conditions of the local Sarda sheep flock (Sardinia, Italy), Irene Llach Martínez (Engineer Assistant in TechCare, INRAE team) was received in November (3rd to 5th) by the local AGRIS team.
PhD students in action!
From May to October, Michelle has been working in the field, collecting data through two experiments. The first researched the effect of parasitism on lambs’ welfare in an indoor system.
What are the most important welfare issues for sheep and goats in Europe?
Although the welfare of sheep and goats are often considered to be good, particularly in comparison to species that are farmed more intensively, there are still welfare issues that need to be addressed. Many of these issues arise because animals are managed in large groups and in an extensive environment which can be hard to monitor or observe.
Overview of 2nd series of TechCare National Workshops
TechCare is a 4-year EU H2020 funded project led by SRUC, which aims to improve welfare management in small ruminant farming systems using innovative precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies. The consent and involvement of stakeholders along the whole value chain of small ruminant farming systems are considered highly important in TechCare project.
TechCare reached an important milestone! Its first annual meeting!
We had our first annual meeting on the 19th October 2021. It was the first time since our kick-off meeting in September 2020, that the whole consortium met. We were also fortunate to have some of our Advisory Board members who joined us for the discussions.
