title: Animal welfare monitoring and livestock traceability during transport.
abstract: The authors present an experimental project that aims to establish an effective navigation system in accordance with European Council Regulation 1/2005 concerning animal welfare during transport. The prototype created during the project consists of both hardware and software components. An onboard unit is installed at truck level. It collects and transmits real-time information of the animal transport to a remote receiver database. A Web/geographic information system (GIS) application is used to analyse and monitor the information received. The architecture of the hardware and software of the project is presented, focusing on the features of the Web-GIS application.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale', Via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy. a.dipasquale@izs.it@izs.it
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Pasquale
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isocrono
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Possenti
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiore
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofherr
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonavitacola