Scientific background
References:
1 Field application of cough monitor technology: A swine practitioner’s perspective
Spronk A, Polson D, Playter S
2 Economic assessment of a sound-based precision livestock farming tool (SoundTalks) based on timing of intervention after a dual Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and PRRS virus seeder challenge in pigs
D. Polson, C. Alonso
3 Using sound-based monitoring of respiratory health status to improve grow-finish production performance in commercial pig farms
Alonso et al.
4 Assessing production parameters and economic impact of swine influenza, PRRS and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae on finishing pigs in a large production system
Cara Dykhuis Haden, BS; Tom Painter, DVM; Thomas Fangman, DVM, MS, DABVP; Derald Holtkamp, DVM, MS
5 Sound based health monitoring performed by SoundTalks® significantly reduces the overall antibiotic consumption nursery facilities
Rathkjen et al.
Other publications:
Animal Sound… Talks! Real-time Sound Analysis for Health Monitoring in Livestock
Dries Berckmans, Martijn Hemeryck , Daniel Berckmans, Erik Vranken, Toon van Waterschoot
Novel approach for monitoring respiratory diseases in fattening pigs
Marika Genzow,K.Strutzberg-Minder, Gudrun Finger and M.Hemeryck
Characterization of temporal and spatial patterns of clinical respiratory episodes in growing pigs using continuous sound monitoring and an algorithm-based respiratory distress index
D. D. Polson, DVM MS PhD, S. Playter, BS, D. Berckmans PhD, Z. Y. Cui PhD, B. Quinn DVM, M. Genzow Dr.med.vet DiplECPHM, O. Duran DVM PhD
Cough Control Program for the identification of respiratory pathogens in PRDC farms
G. Schagemann, N. Wertenbroek, R. Langhoff, E. De Jonghe, E. Lewandowski, L. Eppink, S. Figueras, P. Mesu
Course of cough in two batches of fattening pigs with different respiratory pathogen exposure
M Genzow, CO Duran, M Hemeryck, G Finger
Monitoring of a commercial fattening herd by means of the Pig Cough Monitor and oral fluid diagnostics
M Genzow, CO Duran, K Strutzberg-Minder, G Finger, M Hemeryck
Practical application of the Pig Cough Monitor in a German fattening pig herd with PRDC
G Finger, M Hemeryck, CO Duran, M Genzow
Determining the optimal number and configuration of sound monitoring devices for detecting and assessing directionality of cough in growing pigs
D. D. Polson, DVM MS PhD, S. Playter, BS, D. Berckmans PhD, A. Stoffel PhD, B. Quinn DVM