Bloat Alert utilises community based reporting to help farmers prevent bloat in their cattle and to track bloat for research purposes with the aim of developing technology to prevent bloat in the future. It relies on users reporting in occurrences of bloat in their cattle which are then displayed both on a heat map and in a list format for other users to view. It should be noted that the reports are based on postcodes so that other users are not able to identify the property that bloat has occurred on. Users within a specified radius of the report will receive an notification alerting them that bloat has been reported in their area. Bloat Alert also contains information about identifying bloat in cattle as well as common risk factors.
Currently this app is only designed to operate in Australia, we hope to expand to other beef regions in the future.