TechCare representatives will attend conferences, industry days, national and international SR shows; during these events, the latest project developments, progresses and results will be presented to the audience.
2023
- 74th EAAP Conference (Lyon, France August 31 – September 1, 2023)
- G. Caja (UAB) et al.: Update on sensor technologies for performance recording, management and welfare of small ruminants
- T. Kriszt (INRAE), et al.: Deploying a LoRa network in mountainous areas to connect animals and shepherds
- N. Debus (INRAE) et al.: The male effect as an alternative to eCG in oestrus induction and synchronization treatment in ewes
- Journées annuelles UMR SELMET (Lauret, France, 10th July 2023). Presentation by Kriszt T., Menassol J-B., INRAE: “Connecting animals and shepherds: Bringing LoRa connectivity to challenging terrains”.
- 76th Meeting SISVET (Scientific Society for Veterinary Science) (Bari, Italy, 21st – 23rd June 2023). Presentations by AGRIS, Abinsula, SRUC: “TECHCARE project: an Italian pilot study on dairy sheep to test innovative technologies for welfare monitoring” and “The use of DCC to identify intra mammary infections in Sarda dairy sheep”(AGRIS).
- The 20th Conference on Animal Production (AIDA) (Zaragoza, Spain, 13th – 14th June 2023). UAB contribution to the TechCare project (ES):
- French-Japanese exchanges on precision agriculture (Montpellier, France, 12th June 2023). Presentation by Kriszt T., Menassol J-B. titled: “Precision farming with small ruminants Works & Challenges in Integrating Animals and Sensors”.
- US Precision Livestock Farming 2023 (Knoxville – 21-24 May 2023). SRUC: “Resource use and proximity technology in extensive systems – getting useful information on livestock at lower costs?”.
- SRUC attended the EuroSheep final seminar in France on May 3, 2023.
- 10th International Sheep Veterinary Congress (Seville, Spain, 6th – 10th March 2023). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “New opportunities of using sensors in small ruminants”.
- Paris International Agricultural Show (3rd March 2023). Presentation by Jean-Louis Uranie (IDELE) and Thomas GOMEZ (Agdatahub) et al.: “Collecting farm data to improve the welfare of small ruminants: focus on TECHCARE”.
- Sm@rt workshop (Ruakura, New Zealand, 10th February 2023). Presentation by C. Morgan-Davies (SRUC): “TechCare project introduction”.
- The Fuping International Dairy Goat Forum (Fuping, China, 6th January 2023). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Available sensor technologies for precision farming and welfare assessment in dairy goats”.
2022
- Rencontres autour des Recherches sur les Ruminants conference (Paris, France, 7th December 2022). Abstract titled: “Use of the male effect as a replacement for eCG in the induction and synchronization of estrus and ovulation in the Merino d’Arles ewe” by Besche G., Tesniere A., Guyonneau J-D., Kriszt T., Menassol J-B., Debus N.
- Agriverso conference (Cagliari, Italy, 1st December 2022). General presentation by Francesco Martini (Abinsula).
- Idele attended the 10èmes Journées Techniques Ovines, held on 12th October 2022 in Gramat, France.
- SRUC – Elanco/RAMA visit to MRI, on October 5, 2022 at MRI, Penicuik, Scotland, UK.
- SRUC attended the Animal Welfare Conference in Edinburgh (Scotland) on October 4, 2022.
- 13th International conference on goats (ICG2022), virtual conference (19th – 22nd September 2022). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Available sensor technologies for precision farming and welfare assessment in dairy goas”.
- Comité Technique du programme Sm@rt Elevage (France, 9th September 2022). Idele presented the TechCare project.
- 73rd EAAP Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal (5th September 2022). Presentation by Evangelia Sossidou (ELGO-DIMITRA): “Stakeholders’ perceptions of precision livestock farming to improve small ruminant welfare”.
- 10th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming ECPLF 2022, SRUC presented “Calibration of a novel Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) monitoring device in a sheep grazing environment” on the 29th August– 2nd September 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
- 75th Annual Society of Range Management Meeting, hybrid conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 8th February 2022) Presentation (SRUC and MRI): “Development of LoRaWAN communication sensors for extensive livestock grazing in the Scottish mountains – opportunities for the science and practice of managing livestock and pastures in harsh environments”.
- VI International Workshop of Precision Environments, hybrid conference (Campinas, Brazil, 1st February 2022). Presentation by T. Waterhouse (SRUC): “Precision livestock data directly from the animal, and its environment, should be able to improve performance, welfare and economics of extensive livestock systems, but there a range of practical, affordability and ethical challenges to overcome”.
2021
- International Sheep Veterinary Association 2021 (ISVA), virtual conference (25th November 2021). Invited talk, presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Sensors for Sentient Small Ruminants” (English version– Spanish version).
- 44th Congress of the Argentine Animal Production Association (AAPA), virtual conference (19th November 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC) : “Future developments in animal welfare research”.
- 72nd EAAP Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland (30th August 2021). Presentation by Evangelia Sossidou (ELGO-DIMITRA): “A stakeholder co-design approach for integrating innovative technologies along the value chain to improve small ruminant welfare: The TechCare project”.
- 8th Congress of Welfare of Animals at Farm and Group Level, virtual conference (18th August 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC): “Behavioural freedoms vs painful procedures: Essential trade-offs in the welfare of extensively managed animals?”.
- Online meeting (04th May 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC): “Update on welfare activities since AWIN”.
- The challenge of change the new normal? BSAS 2021, virtual conference (12th – 15th April 2021). Presentation by C. Morgan-Davies (SRUC): “Precision sheep management in the uplands”.