Imagine putting a smartwatch on every animal in your herd — one that tells you exactly where each cow, pig, or sheep is, whether it's healthy, and flags anything unusual before it becomes a problem. That's what this Spanish company built: an IoT platform that gives farmers a live dashboard of their entire operation, from the field to the consumer's plate. It started with beef cattle and then expanded to cover pigs, sheep, goats, and horses. The system also connects veterinarians, suppliers, and food authorities so everyone in the chain sees the same trusted data.
European livestock farmers managing extensive herds across large pastures have no easy way to track individual animals in real time, detect health problems early, or provide full meat traceability from farm to consumer. Manual monitoring is slow, expensive, and unreliable — leading to lost animals, late disease detection, and difficulty meeting EU traceability regulations.
A complete IoT livestock management platform with GPS tracking, temperature sensors, and big-data algorithms for anomaly detection. The project delivered 5 dedicated mobile apps for veterinarians, suppliers, public authorities, consumers, and other distribution chain participants, plus the core farm management system covering location, health monitoring, and meat traceability.
If you are a livestock farmer struggling to track animals spread across large pastures — this project developed a real-time GPS and sensor platform that locates every animal individually, detects health anomalies early, and simplifies regulatory reporting. The system was already sold to beef farms in Spain before expanding to pigs, sheep, goats, and horses.
If you are a meat processor or distributor under pressure to prove where your product comes from — this project built end-to-end traceability from live animal to packaged meat, backed by real-time sensor data. Consumer-facing apps let end-users verify product origin, which strengthens brand trust and meets EU food safety regulations.
If you are a veterinary provider or animal insurer needing better herd health data — this project delivered a dedicated veterinarian app with real-time condition monitoring and anomaly detection across herds. Early warning of health issues means faster intervention, lower mortality, and more accurate insurance risk assessment.
Specific pricing is not disclosed in the project data. The company operates commercially through digitanimal.com, where current pricing and deployment packages would be available. The projected 309% ROI over 4 years suggests the cost is designed to pay for itself through operational savings.
Yes. The platform was designed for extensive breeding farms and was piloted across several farms in Spain before commercial launch. The SME Phase 2 funding was specifically used to expand from beef cattle to pigs, sheep, goats, and horses, demonstrating cross-species scalability.
The technology was developed by MISC International SL (trading as SensoWave / DigitAnimal), a Spanish SME that owns the platform. Based on available project data, this is a proprietary commercial product — businesses would license or subscribe through the company directly.
The platform was explicitly designed to support regulatory compliance, with a dedicated app built for public authorities. It covers meat traceability and integrates regulatory bodies into the data chain, which aligns with EU food safety and traceability requirements.
Based on available project data, the system uses IoT sensors (GPS, temperature, radio frequency) attached to animals, connected to a cloud platform. Pilot deployments were completed across several Spanish farms during the project period of 2016-2018, suggesting deployment timelines are measured in weeks rather than months.
The platform includes dedicated apps for veterinarians, suppliers, authorities, consumers, and other parties in the distribution chain. Based on available project data, it functions as a standalone management system with big-data algorithms, though specific third-party integrations are not detailed.
The company continues to operate commercially through digitanimal.com, indicating active support and development. As an SME Phase 2 graduate with commercial sales since 2015, the company has an established support infrastructure.
This is a single-company project — 1 Spanish SME (MISC International SL) with 100% industry composition and no university or research partners. This is typical for SME Instrument Phase 2 funding, which targets commercially-driven companies ready to scale. For a business buyer, this means you are dealing directly with the technology owner and commercial operator, not an academic consortium. The company has since rebranded to DigitAnimal and continues operating commercially, which is a strong signal of post-project viability.
MISC International SL (SensoWave / DigitAnimal) based in Spain — reachable through digitanimal.com
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