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OptiScore    Outputs & Deliverables

• Understanding of sensor requirements for automatic measurement of dairy cattle health and welfare characteristics as relevant to dairy cow breeding and selection
  
• Evaluation of sensors for measurement of parameters required for development of new measurement protocols for animal condition scoring as required for organic dairy cow breeding
• Prediction of relationships between feed intake, fat burn efficiency and milk yield for individual dairy cows
• Cost/benefit analysis of new sensor implementation and measurement protocol
• Dairy cow condition score measurement protocols using new electronic sensors and identification of further developments required for the implementation of a sustainable organic dairy breeding programme

The OptiScore project deliverables are:

• Individual cow feed intake model and fat burn efficiency based on automated sensors
• Economic cost/benefit analysis of new sensor and measurement protocol implementation on commercial organic dairy farms
• Dairy cow condition scoring protocols using automated sensors
• Dissemination of knowledge transferred during project