Digital platform to predict, protect and respond to poultry disease threats
A digital platform and app has been launched to transform the UK’s poultry resilience in the face of the ongoing threat of avian influenza.
Designed by Livetec, the Livestock Protect gives producers the tools to manage risk in real time making faster, more informed decisions and improving operational efficiencies to help protect their flocks and businesses from disease threats.
The platform has been designed to solve the right problems from the ground up. The company felt that after years on the front-line during AI outbreaks, key challenges were emerging but not being overcome. These included an ongoing reliance on paper-based record keeping, delays in accessing outbreak information, inconsistent biosecurity practices and lack of real-time, centralised tools.
With the sector needing to turn insight into innovation for proactive disease management, Livetec built the system to deliver real-time alerts using official data, replace paper records with digital tools, automate compliance evidence for Red Tractor, APHA, RSPCA and more, offer 24/7 access via mobile and web and fit operations of all sizes – from backyard flocks to enterprise-level farms.
Streamline biosecurity and contingency planning
Julian Sparrey, group technical director Livetec Technical Systems, said the Livestock protect platform provided biosecurity advice for poultry farms and businesses. The tool, he said, has been designed to streamline biosecurity and contingency planning, helping customers stay proactive and ahead of disease risk.
Sparrey said the platform:
- Delivers a consistent approach to biosecurity assessment across the industry
- Enhances disease prevention
- Improves preparedness
- Enables effective planning to increase resilience within the business.
Livestock Protect key features
The Livestock Protect platform brings together data-driven tools designed to make biosecurity management easier, faster, and more effective for poultry producers.
Core features include:
- AI outbreak mapping – providing real-time zone notifications, wild bird surveillance, and historical outbreak data
- eBAS biosecurity assessment system – delivering weighted risk scores and tailored recommendations based on Livetec’s extensive experience
- AccessProtect – QR code-based visitor logging for full traceability
- Biosecurity chatbot ‘Paula’ – powered by Google Gemini, offering instant biosecurity advice with a knowledge base curated by Livetec’s in-house experts
- Depopulation caculator and live operations dashboard – supporting emergency response planning
- National outbreak plans and emergency response tools – ensuring users are prepared to act quickly and effectively
“Livestock Protect is the culmination of years of knowledge, frontline experience and a desire to future-proof poultry production with data-driven, digital-first innovation,” added Sparrey.
Working with the British Poultry Council, 1,747 farms of the 3,965 commercial farms have so far signed up to the system. These include 2,265 poultry meat farms and 1,700-layer farms.
“Livestock Protect is available via a subscription model, in 3 packages to suit different business needs, including a free-only app that provides access to essential features,” he says.
Sparrey explains the Premium and Enterprise packages offer additional functionality. “Premium and Enterprise users will also get access to eBAS – our unique biosecurity assessment system that delivers weighted risk scores and tailored recommendations for each farm – as well as AccessProtect, which enables simple visitor logging for full traceability at all times.”
For Enterprise users, the platform includes practical emergency response tools, such as a depopulation calculator, live operations dashboard and access to national outbreak plans.
“These features can also be purchased as bolt-ons to the Free and Premium packages, giving producers the flexibility to build a package that best suits their business needs and risk profile,” Sparrey adds.
Built with scalability in mind, Livestock Protect is already being used by large scale integrators and producers and is accessible across iOS, Android, and web platforms.
“While initially focused on the poultry sector, we are actively working to extend the platform’s capabilities across other livestock sectors, including pigs, to support wider industry resilience,” Sparrey concludes.
