Title :
Livestock, learning and diagnostics: New directions in veterinary tele-medicine
Author :
Yu, Jun ; Heffernan, Claire
Author_Institution :
Livestock Dev. Group, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK
Abstract :
It has been estimated that 2/3rds of the individuals living on less than $2/day own or keep livestock. However, research has illustrated the difficulties that this population face in obtaining accurate and relevant information regarding animal health. Therefore, the demonstration offers two tools to support the animal health needs of the poor in India. First, the creation of a mobile phone based knowledge transfer tool is described and second, a mobile phone-based diagnostic tool to enhance the capacity of the poor to diagnose diseases is also detailed. The demonstration of the tools will support the `hands-on´ exposure of conference goers with problems faced by the poor and the role of ICTs in their solution.
Keywords :
learning (artificial intelligence); medical diagnostic computing; mobile computing; veterinary medicine; animal health; diagnostic tool; knowledge transfer tool; learning; livestock disease diagnosis; mobile phone; veterinary telemedicine; Agriculture; Animals; Computer displays; Diseases; Knowledge transfer; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Mobile handsets; Multimedia systems; Pediatrics; Information Delivery System; Livestock Diseases; Mobile Phone; Poverty;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Doha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4662-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4663-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426736
