IBM and HIPRA have announced their collaboration on the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that are available on the IBM cloud platform with their animal vaccination services. This technology allows HIPRA to move forward in development and innovation in the areas of research, production, marketing and sales of animal health vaccines. The service is already available to veterinarians and livestock farmers throughout the world.

Vaccination has traditionally been little regarded in farm management in favour of other production factors. However, its impact on productivity is great. At the present time, no one is in any doubt about the importance of certification and monitoring of vaccination processes. HIPRA, the reference company in the area of Animal Health, set itself the objective of offering its customers improved control of their animal vaccination processes. The challenge was to optimize the process and to obtain and have available real data at the time they are produced from any farm in the world.

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