nir-vana innovation network

The best solutions to any livestock sickness, disease, and infection are not ‘reaction’ after it has caused irreversible damage, but ‘prevention’ before tragedy even occurs. However, there are a few animals’ disease detection solution based on AI, so emergency diseases such as CSF (Classical Swine Fever) and PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) have led to overuse of antibiotics and medicine. The Korean Company consists of young and interdisciplinary teams (AI, veterinary science, animal bioscience) working on the digital platform in the livestock industry. The company’s main goal is to control infectious disease and health in the livestock industry, help farmers count animals, check animals in heat and meet target weight in animal breeding and farming. The company has developed a web-based animal healthcare platform using artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and image processing. They provide a healthcare check-up service by collecting blood for the immune health status, detect an abnormal behaviour from the CCTV video feed, and provide health report to the farmer on animal’s health status. This solution allows the early detection of ill animals, thus catching signs of disease and reporting to the farmer, strengthening precision-farming, and reducing animal mortality. Currently, the technology is used in pig farms to monitor large groups of swine health throughout the lifecycle. It consists of an off-the-shelf CCTV camera with an AI analytic server system that automatically registers the number of pigs, tracks pig’s movement, and alerts any abnormal behavior to its owner. Furthermore, the system can integrate 3rd party IoT data on surroundings, such as room temperature, CO2 level, and NH4 level in the platform. By using this solution, farmers can keep livestock healthy and in good condition so there is little to no chance of infections. Even if sickness does exist, farmers also are able to detect early enough to make a substantial difference that will save the lives of hundreds, thousands of livestock, which will ultimately reduce the overall cost and increase overall sales. The Korean company is looking for suitable partners of IoT device distributors in animal husbandry or a livestock healthcare service providers to introduce this solution in European farm industry under commercial agreement with technical assistance.