CattleEye AI Mobility and Body Condition Scoring

CattleEye is a dairy technology company founded in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and acquired by dairy equipment maker GEA in March 2024 while keeping its brand. It addresses lameness and poor body condition in dairy herds, which are costly welfare problems that farmers often detect too late through manual scoring.

The system uses a single camera installed above the milking parlour exit to record every cow as it walks out. Computer vision models analyse each animal's gait to flag mobility problems and score body condition at every milking, without tags or collars. Results appear in the CattleEye Insights dashboard and can be integrated with herd management software, so farmers, vets and hoof trimmers know which cows need attention. The company works with partners including GEA, Adisseo, Dairy One, ABS, AWS and Nvidia.

• Parlour-exit camera: one camera records every cow leaving the milking parlour.
• AI mobility scoring: gait analysis flags lameness at an early stage.
• Body condition scoring: automatic condition scores at every milking.
• CattleEye Insights: dashboard showing trends, alerts and cows needing attention.
• Herd software integration: results can feed into existing herd management systems.
• Starter kit: camera and cable kit for straightforward installation.

• Large dairy farms automating lameness and body condition checks across thousands of cows.
• Dairy processors collecting welfare data from supplier farms for sustainability reporting.
• Veterinary service providers using mobility scores to plan hoof care visits.

• Detects lameness earlier so cows can be treated before cases become severe or chronic.
• Scores mobility and body condition at every milking without extra labour or wearables.
• Gives vets and hoof trimmers a prioritised list of cows to examine.
• Supports welfare reporting and lower environmental footprint per litre of milk.

Dairy buyers and retailers increasingly demand welfare and sustainability data, while large farms lack staff for regular manual scoring. Vietnam's dairy sector is concentrated in large, modern farms with milking parlours, which suits camera-based monitoring that needs no wearables.

Headquartered at Concourse 2, Queen's Road, Belfast. Acquired by GEA in March 2024 and operating under the CattleEye brand, expanding into Europe, the US and Latin America. Research partners include Queen's University Belfast, the University of Liverpool and the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding.