Agscent Cow Breath Sampling and Testing Development
| Project start date: | 25 September 2018 |
| Project end date: | 24 January 2019 |
| Publication date: | 24 January 2019 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
Summary
Phase 1 (P.PSH.1166) of this project developed a proof of concept tool to determine the feasibility and efficacy of detecting specific volatile biomarkers in breath samples to determine pregnancy status in cattle. This device also has the potential to be applied to other non-invasive diagnostics related to productivity, health and welfare status.
Phase 2 has now been undertaken to develop the device that will be used in the field and is being investigated if it can be linked to other animal ID technology to allow individual animal identification and inclusion in farm management and decision support tools.
If successful the development of this technology will allow beef producers to improve the efficiency and profitability of their enterprises by better managing reproductive performance in their herds which will have flow on benefits for marketing, nutritional management and health and welfare.
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