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1. NSF Grant Number: EHS-0325921PI: Daniel Andresen Institution: Kansas State UniversityTitle: An Infrastructure for Veterinary Telemedicine - Proactive Herd Health Management for Disease Prevention from Farm to Market The goal of this project is to research and develop the technological and sociological infrastructure to support intelligent, mobile medical monitoring devices that continuously assess cattle state of health in concentrated and distributed herds. Our approach to the problem has caused great deal of excitement within the farming and global community (over 20 articles from The Economist to Vets-at-work.com), with the second version of our hardware going into field trials this summer. We are placing Bluetooth-compliant monitoring stations near cattle congregation points, such as feed bunks and watering troughs. These stations will upload data from nearby environmental sensors, wireless devices with GPS that are worn by the animals, and wearable/remote biomedical sensors. Results from analysis can then be immediately broadcast to appropriate medical personnel and producers. As recently demonstrated by the devastating impact of "Mad Cow" disease, epidemiology at the individual farm is vital for our security and economy. Our system will enable faster detection and management of animal-borne health threats. The prototype of our wireless sensors in the field (left), Engineering Open House visitors check out the system (top right), our prototype circuit board (middle), and testing our project-designed pulse oximeter (bottom right).