Irish data scientists cut the cost of identifying parasites in herds
Kilkenny start-up Telenostic looking to bring solution for vets to market soon
Some €275 million is currently spent every year on faecal egg counts to help vets identify parasites in herds
Irish data scientists have developed an image recognition algorithm that will save vets and farmers considerable time and money in identifying parasites in their herds.
The algorithm, which uses machine learning and has a 95 per cent accuracy rate in identifying evidence of parasitic infection in herds, has been created by data scientists at the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) in partnership with Kilkenny-based start-up Telenostic.