REPICOR Operational Group: Real-time monitoring and control of ovine respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (ORF) in fattening lambs

The project is being developed through the creation of prototypes for measuring environmental conditions and coughing on the farm. This data will be transmitted in real time to farm managers so they can take appropriate corrective measures to reduce the incidence of Ovine Respiratory Syndrome (ORS). This will be done in several phases:

• Creation of a prototype for continuous data collection of farm environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, and harmful gases). These prototypes must be reliable and more economical than existing equipment.
• Development of a prototype for on-farm cough identification. This prototype will be the first for this species and requires various technical activities aimed at cough identification and detection under farm conditions. The data collected by the prototypes will be managed by IT environments that require development for their management.
• At the same time, disease and mortality conditions on farms must be monitored to create equations that relate the data obtained by the prototypes to the evolution of health on the farm, primarily as it affects the Ovine Respiratory Complex.
• Using the models created in the previous activity, cutoff points will be created that correlate with increases in respiratory problems on the farm. This will serve as alerts to farm managers so they can take appropriate corrective measures. All of this will lead to the achievement of the previously established objectives. In other words, it will reduce the risks associated with adverse environmental conditions and anticipate increases in disease on the farm.