Human and Animal Factors Engineering Laboratory
המעבדה להנדסת גורמי אנוש ובעלי-חיים בחקלאות
Animal Factors Engineering
Dairy Farm - Animal Welfare
Research and development of pain assessment tool
Adequate pain assessment is livestock agriculture and animal welfare challenge, which meets desired health conditions as well as the farmers' need for efficiency. Pain is reflected in the cows' behavior; however, by virtue of their stoic nature, the diagnosis of dairy cow pain is subtle and elusive. The research aims to predict dairy cow pain using artificial intelligent methods based on physiological changes. To this end, we develop a novel wearable sensor system.
Partners:
Dr. Ariel Shabtay, Animal Science, Agriculture Research Organization – Volcani Center
External Partners:
Hen Honig, DVM,
Prof. Barak Fishbein, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology
Prof. Shai Kendler
Funds:
Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture, Grant 20-07-0025
Physiological based pain assessment of clinical and sub-clinical dairy cow mastitis during milking
In an effort to gain a better understanding of the world around us, we have recently begun to use a new technique to investigate the organization and functionality of the diverse parts of our experimental model. We are currently looking to expand this work by collaborating with other labs that have the facilities and prior experience to investigate this project further.
Partners:
Dr. Ariel Shabtay, Animal Science, Agriculture Research Organization – Volcani Center
External Partners:
Hen Honig, DVM,
Prof. Barak Fishbein, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology
Prof. Shai Kendler
Funds:
Israel Dairy Foundation 2020
The effect of rearing management on dam and calf emotional state and welfare
Partners:
Dr. Oren Forkosh
Hen Honig, DVM