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Cattle

The overall aim of the cattle group is to develop tools which can support farmers and veterinarians in their decision-making on farm to prevent and control respiratory and intestinal diseases in calves (bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD)). The working titles of the tools are (1) early warning tool, (2) purchase assistant, (3) intervention rankers, and (4) barometer, though some are closely related and could be connected in the future. 

Tools

Early warning tool

Early warning tool

The aim is to create an alert that will warn farmers that the incidence of BRD, NCD or calf mortality has surpassed a threshold and intervention is needed.

Purchase assistant

Purchase assistant

The aim is to help farmers purchasing cattle to estimate the risk of introducing respiratory/intestinal pathogens (in concrete Salmonella Dublin, Mycoplasma bovis, Streptococcus agalactiae) into the herd and to prevent pathogens from spreading.

Intervention rankers

Intervention rankers

The goal is to help farmers and veterinarians to identify which control or preventative measures have a beneficial impact on disease on an individual farm level. Currently three different subtools are in development: (a) calf alert system that provides herd specific results of key indicator related to calf health (with benchmarks), (b) combining sensor and diagnostic data to improve calf health, and (c) modelling of different scenarios to rank BRD interventions.

Barometer

Barometer

The first aim is to provide an end-user friendly descriptive representation (visualisation) of diagnostic data on BRD from different European countries to show prevalence and create awareness on pathogens and the importance of taking samples. A second objective is to warn farmers or other stakeholders (e.g. on a national level) that a farm (or multiple farms) are affected by an infection manifesting as BRD. This gives them the opportunity to take control and introduce prevention measures, such as biosecurity and vaccination.
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