Mouse Surveillance case study using an Autonomous Sensing Platform

An autonomous sensing platform has been developed that can be customised and integrated into various monitoring devices. Such a monitoring device has been deployed for mouse surveillance.

The Problem

High mouse populations can cause damage and spread disease. In 1993, Australia’s worst ever mouse plague caused an estimated $96 million worth of damage.

Monitoring mice to understand changes in populations and enable predictions of future outbreaks is labour intensive. 

Deploying a reliable device for a field application would replace the current manual survey practice.

Our Solution

The Sensor Prototyping Hub is working with engineers from the Manufacturing Research Unit on a case study for using an autonomous sensing platform in a device deployed to monitor mice for scientists in the Health & Biosecurity Research Unit. This device will increase the surveillance capabilities and aid researchers in detecting, monitoring and controlling mouse populations.

 

Collaborators

The autonomous sensing platform project is led by Chloe Faulks (Manufacturing). The mouse monitoring device was developed in collaboration with Regine Chantler (Manufacturing),  Steve Hogan (Manufacturing) and Hanne Stang (Sensor Prototyping Hub), with Peter Brown (Health & Biosecurity) leading the Mouse Surveillance Program for the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC).