Precision technologies in livestock management, health and welfare
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Ground Floor Conference Room
| Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Ground Floor Conference Room |
Overview
Sponsored by RAFT Solutions Ltd
Details
The contribution of livestock farming to environmental impacts and the one health agenda is of increasing interest both politically and economically. Net zero ambitions and the role of farming in environmental challenges from landuse change, water quality and biodiversity sit alongside greenhouse gas emissions management and the battle to manage antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease risks. However, food security and the importance of resilient global food systems can be forgotten and reducing waste through precision approaches that recognize scarce labour as well as scarce resources offer exciting solutions.
Precision livestock farming aims to sustainably increase animal productivity, improve animal welfare and health, whilst reducing environmental impact. The improvement of animal productivity can be achieved using real time monitoring and management systems, alerting the farmer when problems arise and offering deeper opportunities for data-based decision support. This session will include a range of PLF themes from robotics to computervision and machine-learning approaches to predicting outcomes.
Session Sponsor & Speakers
Session Sponsored by RAFT Solutions
Jonathan Statham
Chief Executive
RAFT Solutions
Precision livestock farming (PLF) approaches to sustainable productivity
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
- Jonathan combines more than 25 years of ongoing experience in clinical veterinary practice with a range of wider industry and academic roles. He is partner and chair at Bishopton Veterinary Group in Yorkshire and is a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Recognised Specialist in Cattle Health & Production and a Fellow of RCVS. He was named UK Dairy Vet of the year 2015.
- Previously, Jonathan has been President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) and Yorkshire Veterinary Society and served on various representative and industry groups, including the GB Cattle Health and Welfare Group (CHAWG), GB Sheep Health & Welfare Group (SHAWG) and Veterinary Policy Group of the British Veterinary Association. He currently serves on the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), the UK ‘One Health’ Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy Group and GB Ruminant Health & Welfare Steering Group (RH&WG) among others.
- He is Chief Executive at RAFT Solutions Ltd an innovation led international sustainability company combining applied research with advanced breeding, food futures, consultancy and training and director of Veterinary Diagnostics Ltd (VetDx).
- He is Professor of Sustainable Livestock Health & Welfare at Harper and Keele Veterinary School and leads the Institute of Sustainable livestock Health and Welfare (InSHAW) there & is also a fellow of Askham Bryan College, York. He has published widely in the sustainable livestock health and welfare and agritech field.
- Jonathan has been a Non-Executive Director on the Animal Health & Welfare Board England (AHWBE) since 2017, taking over as chair in 2021.
Dr Naomi Rutherford
Research Scentist
AFBI
Dr Udani Wijesiriwardana
Research Fellow
University Of Leeds
Dr Johanna Brans
Research assistant
Queen's University Belfast
Ms Holly Nisbet
Student
SRUC
Dr Nektarios Siachos
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University Of Liverpool
Dr Nektarios Siachos
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University Of Liverpool
Dr Mairead Campbell
Research Fellow
Queen's University Belfast
Mr Edwin Jun Kiat Ong
Phd Student
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Chair
Jonathan Statham
Chief Executive
RAFT Solutions
