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New options for remote animal health monitoring

Read about the latest developments in devices to monitor livestock health.

Pamela Lawson
 Micro manage: A microchip is being commercially trialled that can monitor an animal’s temperature, heart and respiratory rates and activity levels.  Photo: Pamela Lawson

Micro manage: A microchip is being commercially trialled that can monitor an animal’s temperature, heart and respiratory rates and activity levels. Photo: Pamela Lawson

AT A GLANCE: Many GPS tracking devices used for locating livestock are now also capable of monitoring the health status of individual animals. A microchip typically used for identifying individual...

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