‘Duolingo of cow language’: Canadian researchers decipher mood based on moos

To the untrained ear, every “moo” coming from a cow may sound the same.

But an app developed by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax is here to dispel that notion.

“Every moo is a message. There’s a lot of buried information behind it,” said Suresh Neethirajan, a computer science and agriculture professor at the university.

“Every cow has her own personality. They not only talk amongst themselves, they also talk to their calves, but also talk to the animal caretakers, farmers, and humans.”

He and his team have designed and launched MooLogue, a tool that can help improve animal welfare and farming practices by decoding the dairy cows’ communications.

By analyzing and understanding the cows’ vocalizations, a farmer may be able to tell when a cow is in pain and likely sick, o