Related projects
Discover more projects across a range of sectors and discipline — from AI to cleantech to social innovation.
Through this project, we aim to determine on-farm factors that may effect the fertility of farms which use automated activity monitors (AAM) within their reproductive management in southern Brazil. AAM are technologies that monitor the physical activity of cows to try to detect when the cow comes into estrus. These technologies are becoming more important to the dairy industry as the use of hormone fertility treatments are becoming viewed as less appealing to consumers. We hypothesize that farms that use AAM will have higher fertility than those relying on observed estrus but similar fertility than those that use timed artificial insemination (TAI). Additionally, we believe that the environment where the cow is housed and its physical health will have effects on fertility, where herds with high lameness and leg injuries will have compromised fertility. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the factors that affect farm fertility will be different for farms whose reproductive management strategies are focused on the use of AAM in contrast to TAI based programs.
Ronaldo Cerri
Tracy Anne Burnett
Food science
University of British Columbia
Globalink Research Award
Discover more projects across a range of sectors and discipline — from AI to cleantech to social innovation.
Find the perfect opportunity to put your academic skills and knowledge into practice!
Find ProjectsThe strong support from governments across Canada, international partners, universities, colleges, companies, and community organizations has enabled Mitacs to focus on the core idea that talent and partnerships power innovation — and innovation creates a better future.