CE approved

Well Cow has recently successfully completed all testing, including against the harmonised standards set down in the R&TTE (Radio and Telephony Terminal Equipment) directive, required to achieve CE compliance of its bolus and Bluetooth based reader. The system, that includes the patented wireless bolus, a Bluetooth receiver driven by an Android handset which uploads all data to a cloud based server, is therefore now eligible for general sale throughout the European Union. As the system now achieves compliance with all the applicable standards, regulatory compliance in other nations who have adopted those same standards is also now achievable

Well Cow signs deal in the Middle East

Well Cow is pleased to announce the appointment of Louvic Pharmaceuticals (www.louvicpharmaceutical.co.ae) as their distributor for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The Louvic business has a background in veterinary pharmaceuticals but also provides a dairy nutritional service having access to a wide range of expertise from the UK and US that is used to supplement their own knowledge to resolve problems on the farm.   The Well Cow pH/temperature bolus provides Louvic with an additional facility to assist farmers to manage and optimise diets to improve herd productivity.

pH bolus on display at the Cambridge Science Centre

The Well Cow pH/temperature bolus is now on display that the Cambridge Science Centre on Jesus Lane in Cambridge. This is part of their Extreme Engineering exhibition that runs until the end of March 2015 and showcases how the latest in communication technology is being utilised on the farm.

On show at Bluetooth media event in London

At a Bluetooth SIG media event at the Vanilla in London on Tuesday 8th July, Well Cow demonstrated its wireless telemetry bolus system for the long term measurement of rumen pH and temperature in dairy herds.  The new receiver utilises Bluetooth as it was the only communications technology that was able to harness the wide area connectivity of a smartphone from an embedded battery powered device. Such a technology had to be ubiquitous and have low enough power consumption to allow for a good battery life. 

This media event pulled in more than 20 European press and analysts from heavy hitters like Gartner, IHS Technology, The Guardian, Juniper, Electronics Weekly, EDN, Engadget, and the Inquirer, among others. They came to see the cool new solutions and products Bluetooth SIG members. 

The company developed its new  communication system with our partner, Ziconix. Who they chose to work with because of their experience of developing mobile apps for industrial applications and their knowledge of the communications technologies needed to develop the system.

The Well Cow system automatically collects pH and temperature data from the bolus sitting in the rumen via a ruggedised reader and transmits it to a smart device such as a smartphone or tablet computer, which can be kept away from the animal for security. In turn this connects to a wide area network and onto the Cloud so that the data can be analysed remotely by the farmer, vet or nutritionist. This brings the latest in communication and computing technology into the farm.

Well Cow at The Royal Highland Show

Well Cow has been demonstrating on the SRUC stand to visitors at the Royal Highland Show its new wireless telemetry bolus system for the long term measurement of rumen pH and temperature in dairy herds.  

   

 The company has developed a new communication system with our partner, Ziconix. This automatically collects pH and temperature data from the bolus sitting in the rumen via a ruggedised reader and transmits it to a smart device such as a smartphone or tablet computer which can be kept away from the animal for security. In turn this connects to a wide area network and onto the cloud so that the data can be analysed remotely by the farmer, vet or nutritionist. This brings the latest in communication and computing technology into the farm.

The Well Cow pH bolus provides data that helps farmers and nutritionists implement feed management that prevents or reduces the incidence of Sub Acute Rumen Acidosis (SARA). By managing diets farmers are able to optimise milk yield and quality.

The bolus is inserted orally into the cow using a bolling gun and resides in its stomach, once inside the rumen it logs pH and temperature every 15 minutes and operates in this very hostile environment for up to 100 days. It avoids the need for invasive rumencentesis – using a needle to draw rumen fluid.