Behavior, welfare, and health tracking
TrackLab
TrackLab™ offers 24/7 monitoring of animal behavior in indoor or outdoor environments. This allows you to obtain real-time insights into the activity, welfare, and health of your livestock, zoo animals, or companion animals.
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Keep track of your livestock animals during your behavioral studies
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Collect quantitative spatial-temporal data of each individual and groups
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Full control and ownership of your collected tracking data
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Trusted by researchers around the world
Research areas - livestock research
Start using TrackLab, easily collect spatial data and behavioral statistics, and learn more about wayfinding and space utilization of your livestock.
TrackLab is used for livestock research in various segments such as academic, veterinary, livestock breeding, and more.
It is a tag-based system, which means that animals wear tags (collar-based, ear-tags, backpack, etc.) to collect data on their location and movement.
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"The installation of TrackLab was a success and the whole team present for the installation were pleased with the accuracy and the possibilities of the system."
Aberystwyth University|Via Behavioral Research Blog
Indoor and outdoor solutions
The types of tags used in a TrackLab solution depend on the environment. For indoor environments, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) tags are used. For larger outdoor environment the system is typically based on GPS tags.
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Animal tracking system
The TrackLab animal tracking system allows you to control recording sessions manually or with a calendar-based scheduling tool. After data collection, you can replay data and use maps, profiles to visualize your results.
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Find resources about TrackLab or learn about how TrackLab can benefit your research!
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