Alvaro Garcia Guerra, associate professor, cattle reproduction and production systems management, Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, has been awarded a 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Australia to research “Remote sensing of bull mounting to improve reproductive efficiency for beef ranchers.”
From January – July 2027, García-Guerra will work alongside Mark Trotter and his colleagues on the Precision Livestock Management team at CQUniversity Australia Institute for Future Farming Systems to develop and validate wearable sensor technologies (accelerometers and GPS) to remotely monitor bull mounting behavior. This technology will enable continuous assessment of reproductive performance and help collect data to improve efficiency in beef cattle production systems.
García-Guerra’s Fulbright project is grounded in a longstanding collaboration between Ohio State’s Department of Animal Sciences and Central Queensland University. García-Guerra and Trotter have been collaborating since Trotter came to Ohio State to carry out a Visting Fulbright Scholar project in 2019.
Source : osu.edu