SPECIAL SESSION #17
Animal digital modelling and wearable for health, welfare and management of farms
ORGANIZED BY
Maria Grazia Cappai
Maria Grazia Cappai
Innovative Agriculture Center of the University of Sassari, Italy
ABSTRACT
This scientific session is dedicated to authors whose field of interest encompasses cutting edge researches on automatic detection, visual digital evaluation and application of new technologies to interpret individual and collective animal data from farms (livestock, poultry and aquaculture production). Results and application of PLF tools and digital approaches are highly welcome. Contributions should span from imaging, diagnostic tools, automatic detection and recognition for animal management, with special emphasis on acquaintances to improve animal health, welfare and management at farm level, proving efficient to sustainable farming systems.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
Prof. Maria Grazia Cappai, is an academic of the University of Sassari. She graduated in veterinary medicine (2000) and got her Ph D in Production, hygiene and quality of food of animal origin (2004). She is operation specialist of the supply chain, for the use of new technologies for electronic animal identification and traceability (Bocconi University of Milan, 2005). She is vice-president of the Innovative Agriculture Center, of the University of Sassari. She served in the scientific committee of MetroAgriFor in 2018 and 2019 and she is in the international program committee for 2024.
She was awarded by the AISSA in 2013 for the contribution titled "Biosafety of the in situ presence of electronic devices based on RFID technology for cattle identification on long-term period".
She is author of more than 70 papers in indexed scientific journals and numerous congress contributions and book chapters.
