A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour
Livestock are increasingly exposed to heat stress which impacts their welfare and productivity. This report describes the development of a digital twin representing the grazing behaviour, environment and heat stress of a group of crossbred dairy cattle in a Kenyan ranch. The digital representation r...
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International Livestock Research Institute
2025
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| author | Kemp, Stephen J. Salavatia, M. Dhulipala, Ram Paliwal, Ambica Singh, Kanika Shin, R. Heo, T. Kim, N. Kipchirchir, Nelson Gluecks, Ilona V. Wambugu, Sospeter |
| author_browse | Dhulipala, Ram Gluecks, Ilona V. Heo, T. Kemp, Stephen J. Kim, N. Kipchirchir, Nelson Paliwal, Ambica Salavatia, M. Shin, R. Singh, Kanika Wambugu, Sospeter |
| author_facet | Kemp, Stephen J. Salavatia, M. Dhulipala, Ram Paliwal, Ambica Singh, Kanika Shin, R. Heo, T. Kim, N. Kipchirchir, Nelson Gluecks, Ilona V. Wambugu, Sospeter |
| author_sort | Kemp, Stephen J. |
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| description | Livestock are increasingly exposed to heat stress which impacts their welfare and productivity. This report describes the development of a digital twin representing the grazing behaviour, environment and heat stress of a group of crossbred dairy cattle in a Kenyan ranch. The digital representation revealed that feeding is significantly reduced during periods of high heat stress with some cattle being much more affected than others. Over a 40-day period, we observed some 500 minutes of grazing time lost due to heat stress by the most heat-susceptible cattle in comparison to the least affected animals. This approach offers a scalable phenotype proxy for animal adaptation to environmental stressors. |
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| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1805032026-01-24T02:15:44Z A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour Kemp, Stephen J. Salavatia, M. Dhulipala, Ram Paliwal, Ambica Singh, Kanika Shin, R. Heo, T. Kim, N. Kipchirchir, Nelson Gluecks, Ilona V. Wambugu, Sospeter digital twins livestock heat stress artificial intelligence farm management smallholders Livestock are increasingly exposed to heat stress which impacts their welfare and productivity. This report describes the development of a digital twin representing the grazing behaviour, environment and heat stress of a group of crossbred dairy cattle in a Kenyan ranch. The digital representation revealed that feeding is significantly reduced during periods of high heat stress with some cattle being much more affected than others. Over a 40-day period, we observed some 500 minutes of grazing time lost due to heat stress by the most heat-susceptible cattle in comparison to the least affected animals. This approach offers a scalable phenotype proxy for animal adaptation to environmental stressors. 2025-12-12 2026-01-23T10:54:41Z 2026-01-23T10:54:41Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180503 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Kemp, S., Salavati, M., Dhulipala, R., Paliwal, A., Singh, K., Shin, R., Heo, T., Kim, N., Kipchirchir, N., Gluecks, I. and Sospeter, W. 2025. A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour. Technical Report. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | digital twins livestock heat stress artificial intelligence farm management smallholders Kemp, Stephen J. Salavatia, M. Dhulipala, Ram Paliwal, Ambica Singh, Kanika Shin, R. Heo, T. Kim, N. Kipchirchir, Nelson Gluecks, Ilona V. Wambugu, Sospeter A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title | A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title_full | A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title_fullStr | A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title_full_unstemmed | A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title_short | A digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| title_sort | digital twin of tropical dairy cattle reveals the impact of temperature stress on feeding behaviour |
| topic | digital twins livestock heat stress artificial intelligence farm management smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180503 |
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