00:00When we say it's virtual, it means you draw the pastures in a mobile application,
00:19and then instead of the animals when they graze, instead of them meeting a physical boundary,
00:24they are faced with an audio cue and potentially an electric cue
00:29that will tell them that they're crossing the boundary.
00:39The farmers save time from doing less mending and moving of fences,
00:44which is a big input factor in how they manage their animals.
00:49But beyond this, you also get better utilization of your land,
00:54get meaning less spend on forage and supplement feed.
01:00The current result doesn't show any difference from traditional electric fences.
01:10Looking into the behavior of animals and also looking into the stress levels of the animal,
01:26the cortisol level that is a stress hormone.
01:32I think it's very important for the future to have a really clear definition of what type of function
01:50should the virtual fence include to have a high level of animal welfare.
02:06because it should be easy for the animal to do the right behavior.
02:12And if the system is built in certain ways, it could be bad for the animals, really.
02:22They need to have time to turn around on the audio cue, for example.
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