This cutting-edge system offers real-time alerts for early disease detection and notifies producers when a calf is falling behind its herdmates. Featuring the new lightweight CowManager ear sensor, producers need just one sensor per animal throughout its lifetime, from calf to cow.
Powered by artificial intelligence and ever-evolving algorithms, Youngstock Monitor customizes itself to the unique characteristics of each operation and calf. This enables farm-specific predictions and precise, targeted treatments, ensuring optimal health management.
Calf health alerts are categorized into three levels—suspicious, sick, and very sick—detecting subtle behavioral changes often overlooked during visual inspections. These alerts facilitate quicker interventions, minimize treatment intensity, reduce antibiotic use, and lower mortality rates. Effective calf health management enhances future milk production and supports a healthier, more productive herd.
“With our innovative calf alerts, we can now monitor from calf to cow for an animal’s entire lifetime. That is the CowManager vision,” says Gerard Griffioen, founder of CowManager. “This approach helps producers maximize performance and build the foundation for a productive and healthy herd.”
Youngstock Monitor recently earned a Silver Medal Innovation Award at EuroTier 2024 and is now available in several countries.
