1. Novel Technologies for Prevention, Detection, Assessment and Management of Animal Health and Welfare
Empower infectious disease study and animal welfare with non-invasive monitoring technology
Our currently studies of non/low-invasive sensor and imaging technologies (e.g. motion sensor, QR code, accelerometer, facial imaging, e-nose, etc) have shown promising outcomes in monitoring and predicting disease progress in various animal models in the lab. Combining data of different sensor and imaging technologies would generate more precise and predictable pattern to monitoring animal health and disease onset. A feasible route to achieve this is to collect and analyze different sensor and imaging data from different animal experiments, thanks to the non/low-invasive and non/low-intervention nature of those technologies.
Here at WBVR, we are specialized in different sensor and imaging technologies at BSL-3 level environment. Those sensors have been applied on pig, sheep calf, chicken and other animal models to monitor the disease onset dynamic and to find a better countermeasures. We aim to combine all of our available non/low-invasive tools in your infectious studies, in combination with our machine learning capability, to:
• Provide a deeper and dynamic understanding of your research.
• Generate a more precise and predictable monitoring tool for your research.
This will contribute to existing model improvement, animal health monitoring (inside and outside labs) and potentially creating a monitoring/scouting next work for infectious disease outbreak in the field.
We welcome research teams from:
• Infectious diseases,
• Sensor/imaging technologies,
• or other areas in animal health and welfare
WBVR is a Dutch research institute and part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR). We are the leading veterinary research institute in the Netherlands on animal infectious diseases, including one health and biomedical approaches. Next to strong virological and bacteriological expertise, our facility can perform animal studies under high biosafety levels (up to BSL-3) with strong analytical, sensors and bioinformatics capability.
