An understanding of social behavior is increasingly necessary in farm animal husbandry as more animals are housed in groups rather than in individual stalls or pens. There may be economic reasons for such housing, but most important is that group rearing allows for social interaction during early development that has been shown to be important in the development of normal social responses later in life. The combination of our software, video and computer hardware, and services allow you to collect and analyze social behaviors in farm animals in great detail. With The Observer XT detailed behaviors can be manually scored. Data can be analyzed in MatMan and Theme in order to detect complex relationships between the observed behaviors.

Typical components

• The Observer XT Base
• The Observer XT Video Module
• The Observer XT Advanced Analysis Module
• Theme
• MatMan
• Camera
• Computer
• Installation & training
• Service contract

Optional components

• The Observer XT Multiple Video Module
• Other services

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