{"podcast":{"title":"The Poultry Network Podcast","slug":"the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539","podcast_index_feed_id":7041539,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-poultry-network/","website_url":"https://poultry.network/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ebcb88cb-db6d-43d7-83b5-35225f12e851/PodCoverlow.jpg","author":"Jake Davies","episode_count":56,"summary":"Welcome to The Poultry Network Podcast, hosted by Tom Woolman and Tom Willings — your insider guide to the UK’s poultry meat and egg production sectors. From farm to fork, we bring you expert insights, latest trends, and stories that shape the food on our plates.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:17:33.291543+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539"},"episode":{"title":"EP 24: Transforming Poultry Health – VOC Fingerprints, Early Alerts & On-Farm Monitoring","slug":"ep-24-transforming-poultry-health-voc-fingerprints-early-alerts-on-farm-monitoring","published_at":"2025-12-11T12:29:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/ep-24-transforming-poultry-health-voc-fingerprints-early-alerts-on-farm-monitoring","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539","url":"https://poultry.network/ep-24-transforming-poultry-health-voc-fingerprints-early-alerts-on-farm-monitoring","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3cce0c27-eeb5-4579-a899-5c0b4809e8ef.mp3","summary":"In this Poultry Network Podcast, hosts Tom Woolman and Tom Willings speak with Angela Curtis , CEO of RoboScientific – whose presentation at the BFREPA conference created a real buzz – about how “electronic nose” technology could change flock health management. RoboScientific has spent around 10 years developing a system that samples the air in poultry houses and analyses volatile organic compounds (VOCs) – the chemicals that make up smells – to detect disease. Each shed is monitored using a compact box (about 18 inches cubed) containing 24 sensors. Different combinations of those sensors respond to different conditions, producing a distinctive “digital fingerprint” for specific diseases or challenges. Rather than continuous streaming, the system draws shed air for around an hour, often between 5–6am, pulling roughly 3,000 litres across an adsorbent pad before analysis. This concentrates VOCs from across the whole building, giving a much more representative picture of flock health than boot swabs or individual bird checks. Once processed, results are sent to the cloud – or via Bluetooth where connectivity is limited – and presented to the farmer through a simple dashboard or smartphone alert. A major advantage is that VOC changes are not dependent on visible symptoms. RoboScientific’s broiler trials suggest the system can identify disease one to two days before clinical signs, and in the case of viruses such as Newcastle disease or avian influenza , potentially two to four days earlier. Alerts are designed to be practical and actionable for farmers, for example “likely infectious bronchitis – check this shed”, or a general prompt when something unusual is detected. A deeper veterinary dashboard is also in development, enabling flock-history analysis and tracking of dis…","meta_description":"In this Poultry Network Podcast, hosts Tom Woolman and Tom Willings speak with Angela Curtis , CEO of RoboScientific – whose presentation at the BFREPA co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1392,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/episodes/ep-24-transforming-poultry-health-voc-fingerprints-early-alerts-on-farm-monitoring/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/ep-24-transforming-poultry-health-voc-fingerprints-early-alerts-on-farm-monitoring.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}