Radiofrequency Wave Sensing for Rapid Animal Health Monitoring: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

ABSTRACT: Anemia caused by gastrointestinal parasitism is a major constraint to small ruminant productivity, particularly in low-resource production systems where diagnostic tools and veterinary access are limited, with use of FAMACHA as a biological reference This study evaluated the potential of radio-frequency non-destructive technique (RF-NDT) wave-derived features as non-invasive biomarkers for anemia detection in goats, using FAMACHA© scores as a biological reference. Variable clustering of the top ten frequencies revealed distinct patterns across health states. Healthy (FAMACHA© 1) animals were characterized by a single frequency cluster centered at 8.43 GHz, which explained 93.7% of variation, whereas moderately affected animals (FAMACHA© 2) shifted to 9.33 GHz with reduced uniformity (88.7%

SUBMITTER: Siddique A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12656894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature