BOVINOSE

Pheromone-based sensor system for detecting estrus in dairy cows

Coordinatore	PRO SUPPORT BV    more  Organization address address: Amarilstraat 11 city: HENGELO postcode: 7550 AN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Henk Cognome: Van Ekelenburg Email: send email Telefono: 31742551160 Fax: 31742508164
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	1˙295˙744 €
EC contributo	1˙003˙389 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2008-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-06-01   -   2011-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	PRO SUPPORT BV  Organization address address: Amarilstraat 11 city: HENGELO postcode: 7550 AN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Henk Cognome: Van Ekelenburg Email: send email Telefono: 31742551160 Fax: 31742508164	NL (HENGELO)	coordinator	84˙160.00
2	IMV-Technologies  Organization address address: rue Georges Clemenceau 10 city: L'Aigle postcode: 61300 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Eric Cognome: Schmitt Email: send email Telefono: 33233346464 Fax: 33233341198	FR (L'Aigle)	participant	299˙220.44
3	UAB PRECIZIKA METROLOGY  Organization address address: ZIRMUNU 139 city: VILNIUS postcode: 9120 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Algimantas Cognome: Barakauskas Email: send email Telefono: -2363236 Fax: -2363244	LT (VILNIUS)	participant	207˙633.75
4	NIFA-INSTRUMENTEN BV  Organization address address: Amperestraat 4 city: LEEUWARDEN postcode: 8912AD contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Dirk Cognome: Postma Email: send email Telefono: -2123324 Fax: -2129840	NL (LEEUWARDEN)	participant	175˙520.17
5	PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO INNOWACYJNO-WDROZENIOWE COMPLEX SP ZOO  Organization address address: Ul. Jabloniowa 42/6 city: KATOWICE postcode: 40 111 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Grzegorz Cognome: Zalot Email: send email Telefono: -2505824 Fax: -2505824	PL (KATOWICE)	participant	127˙103.10
6	G.H.J. Aveskamp  Organization address address: Glanerbrugdijk 12 city: Losser postcode: 7582 RC contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Gerald Cognome: Aveskamp Email: send email Telefono: +31 6-53365945	NL (Losser)	participant	109˙751.58
7	GEZONDHEIDSDIENST VOOR DIEREN BV  Organization address address: Arnsbergstraat 7 city: DEVENTER postcode: 7418EZ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ton Cognome: De Gee Email: send email Telefono: -660863 Fax: -660884	NL (DEVENTER)	participant	0.00
8	KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN  Organization address address: Valhallavaegen 79 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 10044 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Kenneth Cognome: Andersson Email: send email Telefono: 4687908145 Fax: +46 8791 2333	SE (STOCKHOLM)	participant	0.00
9	PERSPEKTYVINIU TECHNOLOGIJU TAIKOMUJU TYRIMU INSTITUTAS  Organization address address: SAULETEKIO AL 15 city: VILNIUS postcode: 10224 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Algirdas Cognome: Galdikas Email: send email Telefono: -2745094 Fax: -2788648	LT (VILNIUS)	participant	0.00
10	SMART Research BV  Organization address address: Geert Grooteplein-Noord 21 / 126 city: Nijmegen postcode: 6525EZ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Wim Cognome: Wiegerinck Email: send email Telefono: -611297651 Fax: -243541404	NL (Nijmegen)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In order to control the calving interval, and therefore to optimise milk production and maximise offspring in dairy cattle, artificial insemination (AI) is widely used. Currently, the conception rate of AI varies from 30% to 70%, the most critical aspect of successful conception being the timing of the insemination. Highest conception rates are achieved when the insemination is done 8 to 12 hours after the start of estrus (also known as “standing heat”). The right timing of AI, therefore, is related to detection of estrus in a cow. The BOVINOSE project aims to develop an “electronic nose” to detect estrus in a dairy cow, and thus to determine the optimal timing of artificial insemination. The physical principle is based on detection of sex pheromones that are exclusively secreted by the cow during estrus. These pheromones are the natural olfactory signal for the bull that the cow is in heat. Simply put, in essence, the device to be developed will mimic the bull’s nose. To this end the info-chemicals that make up the sex pheromones in cows will be investigated, a set of sensors for detection of these sex pheromones (or mix thereof) will be researched, and a functional prototype, consisting of a probe, an array of sensors and dedicated, integrated software for control and user-interaction will be developed and tested in field trials. The impact of the project is high, tapping the dairy farming market, which consists of some 1,700,000 farmers in the EU-27, producing about 135 Billion Kg milk annually. Preliminary investigations show that a selling price of € 1,800 would be economically attractive to the entire SME supply chain, providing an overall estimated profit of 10%-25% (depending on batch size). A sales price of € 1,800 would imply an attractive 15 months payout time for the dairy farmer (end user) with a herd of 60 cows, based on costs savings related to higher AI conception rate from 50% average to 60% (conservative estimation).'