Detecting fever with a phone app

14-09-2018 | | |
Photo: Vincent ter Beek
Photo: Vincent ter Beek
Mycoplasma suis, MMA, swine influenza, Classical Swine Fever or arthritis… The occurrence of fever is what all these health problems have in common. An exact diagnosis therefore is for a vet to make – but what if an app can help detect fever in a split second? With the naked eye, is it possible to discern which pig is feverish? Guillermo Ramis is a full professor in animal production at the University of Murcia, Spain. With those credentials, one would say he’d be able to tell. Dressed in


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