Your Animal Welfare Science

Feel this so much. All t h e T I M E.

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Animal welfare risks of global aquaculture advances.sciencemag.org/cont… #AnimalWelfare #fish

Similar colours to Australian galahs, but very different! Wonder why pink/grey/white works so well?

*was. But the whole attribution of emotion based on her extreme skull shape is an example I have used. Along with #facesinthings

Grumpy cat is anthropomorphic.

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For producers, data from automated systems is powerful because it can help detect welfare problems earlier or even highlight problems they might otherwise not be aware of, allowing them to be proactive rather than reactive.

How can we use technology at a commercial scale in animal welfare science?

The theme for today’s tweets is going to be applying technology for animal welfare in the real world.

By combining the use of accelerometers and motion capture, it may be possible to validate a method for identifying subtle changes in gait associated with the early stages of OA, perhaps allowing for the earlier detection of this disease.

Motion capture technology comprises of a camera network and wearable reflective markers, which are used to track limb position and movement by the generation of 3D biomechanical models.

The use of accelerometers can enable the analysis of gait parameters in real world scenarios outside the lab, while motion capture is often considered the gold standard for validating such methods.

Old age, or osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (OA) affects around 80% of dogs over eight, but early indicators of this condition, including joint stiffness, are often undetected and even misinterpreted as old age, leaving many cases undiagnosed until routine vet appointments.