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Goats on the Move: Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Goat Activity Analysis Using Accelerometer Data Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre Ghent University

Adnan Shahid, Eli De Poorter, Daniel Peralta, Timo De Waele
Simple Summary This study developed and investigated a method to monitor animal activity by placing sensors on goats to better understand their behavior and improve their living conditions. Previous methods struggled to accurately classify complex movement data, but recent advancements in deep learning have made this task more effective. We compared the performance of three machine learning models: a basic neural network, a Convolutional Neural ...

Temptations toward behaviors minimizing energetic costs automatically activate physical activity goals in successful exercisers KU Leuven

Matthieu Boisgontier
Objectives: With regard to the pivotal role of physical activity (PA) in health protection, understanding how individuals maintain regular PA despite ubiquitous opportunities to adopt behaviors minimizing energetic costs (BMEC) appears crucial. The purpose of the present research was to test whether BMEC primes act as temptations and activate PA goals in successful exercisers. Design: Within and between-subjects experiments. Methods: Students in ...

Opening gates in flood protection barriers along the North Sea Coast Ghent University

Philippe Van Bogaert
Due to the effect of climate change, a rise in sea level has become unavoidable. Only 2 solutions are left: either to return large parts of the land to the sea, or to build obstacles and dikes to prevent the flooding. The latter is the most obvious. In Belgium, the 65 km long coastline, including the ports of Ostend, Zeebruges and Blankenberge, as well as the port and the City of Antwerp are risk areas for flooding. That is why an extensive plan ...

Isolation and genotyping of viable Toxoplasma gondii from sheep and goats in Ethiopia destined for human consumption Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven Ghent University

Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Mukarim Abdurahaman, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Getachew Tilahun, Eric Cox, Bruno Goddeeris, Pierre Dorny, Stephane De Craeye, Marie-Laure Dardé, Daniel Ajzenberg, et al.

BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that infects humans and a broad spectrum of warm-blooded vertebrates. The present study was undertaken with the objectives of isolation and determining the genotypes of T. gondii strains from sheep and goats slaughtered in East and West Shewa Zones of Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia.

METHODS: Hearts of 47 sheep and 44 goats that were seropositive in ...

Strongyle infections in sheep and goats under the traditional husbandry system in peninsular Malaysia Institute of Tropical Medicine

Pierre Dorny, C Symoens, A Jalila, J. Vercruysse, R Sani

Faecal egg counts were used to study patterns of trichostrongyle infections in sheep and goats according to season, age, pregnancy and lactation on traditional farms in west Malaysia. Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus spp. were the most important strongyles in sheep and in goats, H. contortus, Trichostrongylus spp. and Oesophagostomum spp. were most prevalent. The faecal egg counts of sheep and goats were apparently not influenced by ...

Prevalence and molecular typing of Coxiella burnetii in bulk tank milk in Belgian dairy goats, 2009-2013 Institute of Tropical Medicine

Samira Boarbi, Marcella Mori, Elodie Rousset, Karim Sidi-Boumedine, Marjan Van Esbroeck, David Fretin

Q fever, a worldwide zoonosis, is an arousing public health concern in many countries since the recent Dutch outbreak. An emerging C. burnetii clone, genotype CbNL01, was identified as responsible for the Dutch human Q fever cluster cases. Since 2009, Q fever surveillance in the goat industry was implemented by the Belgian authorities. The herd prevalence (December 2009-March 2013) ranged between 6.3 and 12.1%. Genotypic analysis highlighted ...

(Non-)Sense of Milk Testing in Small Ruminant Lentivirus Control Programs in Goats. Comparative Analysis of Antibody Detection and Molecular Diagnosis in Blood and Milk Odisee vzw

Jo Vicca
Small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) control programs are mainly based on diagnostic tests performed on blood samples collected from sheep and goats. Since blood sampling is costly and stressful for the animals, we evaluated whether milk could be used as an inexpensive and easily collectable matrix for SRLV detection. We therefore compared SRLV detection via two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and quantitative polymerase chain ...