Pharmaceuticals giant Bayer has developed a smartphone app called BCS SowDition to monitor and report on the body condition of sow herds. The app, which is available for Android devices running version 4.3, was created by researchers at Bayer's animal health research center in Germany. Body conditioning scores give an indication of health, wellbeing and fertility of the herd, Bayer claims.
Pharmaceuticals giant Bayer has developed a smartphone app called BCS SowDition to monitor and report on the body condition of sow herds. A score is assigned to individual sows, based on visual evaluations that calculate fat deposits in the sow. Body conditioning scores give an indication of health, wellbeing and fertility of the herd, Bayer claims.