The Biosecurity leaders, Livetec has launched an industry-first app which aims at assisting poultry farmers and backyard keepers tackle the spread of Avian Influenza (AI) amid UK’s ongoing outbreak. The development was made public in the a press release from the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA). The Livetec Systems App is a disease management mobile app which helps farmers get ahead of the spread of the highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza in poultry, and provides the tools they need to manage and protect their livestock. It comes amid the worst ever outbreak of AI in the UK, with tough laws imposed by government towards curbing the devastating spread. Designed as an easy-to-use tool which can accompany farmers throughout their day-to-day activities, the Livetec Systems App has been fashioned using Livetec’s signature lab to farm philosophy to bring contemporary technology to over a decade’s real-world experience on farm.
The Livetec Systems App, empowers early detection and quick response to animal health issues with a wealth of intuitive, practical features including real-time outbreak notifications and reporting.
The system offers real-time outbreak notifications alert to farmers if their business is located within an identified outbreak zone and provide guidance on the measures to be taken immediately to protect their flocks.
The App also provides farmers with the opportunity to swiftly report an outbreak, thanks to the simplified built-in reporting tool. Any poultry keeper identifying suspicious symptoms within their flock can use the app to quickly and compliantly alert the relevant authorities, helping to prevent further spread.
Disease outbreak monitoring with an in-app interactive map. Giving users visibility to the national outbreak status throughout the UK, so they can easily see the location of their property and the proximity to current outbreaks and the zones around them, allowing farmers and backyard bird owners to proactively remain vigilant.
Similarly, this is coming even as South Africa reported two outbreaks of H7 AI in poultry east of Johannesburg on Monday.
In the town of Victor Khanye in Mpumalanga province, a total of 9,500 farm poultry died from the virus, with one location having 2,000poultry and the other 7,500. This is according to World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), citing South African authorities.
The strain detected was H7, which is different from the H5N1 one that has killed several hundred million birds around the globe.
