Aimee Walker
Email: a.walker.2@research.gla.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0738-7768
Research title: Adopting PLF technologies to improve small ruminant management and welfare in grazing systems
Research Summary
My research aims to investigate precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies with the aim of improving management and welfare in small ruminant systems, as part of the TechCare project. Within that scope, my reseach is primarily focused on assessing the potential application of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a means of monitoring proximity, particularly the ewe-lamb relationship during the early lactation period, and as a means of localisation with a grazing sheep system.
Supervisors
- Professor Nicholas Jonsson
- Dr Claire Morgan-Davies
Conference
10th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (29th August - 2nd September 2022)
Presentation entitled "Calibration of a novel Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) monitoring device in a sheep grazing environment".
British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) 2023 Annual Conference (28th - 30th March 2023)
Poster presentation entitled "Localisation of sheep using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) proximity".
Additional Information
Education
2015 - 2018: MSc Wildlife & Livestock Management, University of Glasgow.
2010 - 2014: BSc Zoology, University of Glasgow.
