Vocational School of Justice
RESPONDING TO DISEASES VIA SOFTWARE
Software developed by Burak Yanığlı, a sophomore at IUE Department of Software Engineering, will identify the diseases in animals. Diseases, causing animals breeders to lose a herd, will be prevented before they begin. Thanks to a leash put on cattle, its fever, pulse, data obtained through its movements will be collected by sensors, and transmitted to the center. Animals with a potential disease will be identified and a vet will intervene immediately.
The animal breeders will get a relief with Yanığlı’s TUBITAK funded project guided by Asst. Prof. Dr. Kaan Kurtel and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ufuk Çelikkan, both lecturers at IUE Department of Software. Yanığlı, who gave information about “Sensor Based Diagnostic Support Software for Vets” titled project, said that the real danger for breeders was a late diagnosis. He reported that his family was involved with farming as well and he closely monitored livestock industry. “Computer technology falls short in agricultural area. I brought software and computer technologies into livestock. This way I wanted to offer an efficient and comfortable work environment between cattle enterprises and veterinarians,” said Yanığlı.
‘Warning System before the Spread of Diseases’
Yanığlı stated that data coming from the cattle would be transferred to the computer and in the event of a possible disease; they would be in touch with the veterinarian concurrently. He said, “The software will compare the data obtained to the healthy animals’ info. This way, vet will be able to make a quick diagnosis and prevent the disease to infect the rest of the herd. Diseases causing losses in cattle will be minimized and financial damage will be prevented. Any scale of enterprise will be able to use the software due to its modular and flexible nature.”