What we found was that, as the animal grows, it releases more energy. This information is useful because it allows us to screen sets of animals for less energy, which indicates a disease may be going through. More significantly, Thermacam allowed Spire to identify and group animals with similar metabolic rates so they can share more appropriate feed rates. In other words, animals quickly metabolizing feed get one diet while animals metabolizing at a slower rate get another. The scope of the research encompasses hogs as well as cattle.
Most research is performed at night or in a closed structure to minimize interference from sunlight.
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