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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 1d

🐄 Strong Correlations with Heart Rate at Low Activity Values in Cattle

Heart rate is a reliable indicator of energy expenditure and stress in livestock and wildlife. Uni Inland Norway implanted 14 cows with our heart rate logger and fitted with an external activity collar.

📍 tinyurl.com/55hywpjn

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 5d

🌊 Fish thrive in one of the saltiest seas on earth 🪸

In one of the saltiest marine environments on the planet, scientists have discovered that fish are not only surviving, but some are also thriving.
This was found in a study using Star-Oddi’s DST CTD logger:

📌https://tinyurl.com/yppt5zxt

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 7d

✨ We are up and running at #OCEANS2025GreatLakes ✨

Welcome by our booth for a chat with Baldur Sigurgeirsson who will guide you through our wide selection of loggers and online sensors.

@OCEANSconference #salinitylogger #conductivitylogger #oceanresearch

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 7d

💡 We had a fantastic time taking part in Vísindavaka 2025, Iceland’s contribution to the European Researchers’ Night, where scientists and companies showcased their innovations to the public.
💡It was great to see so many curious visitors — especially the kids, whose enthusiasm made our day!

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 13d

Thuy Le from @utu.fi has an e-poster at European Aquaculture Society Society 2025 meeting that shows first results on heart rate responses to exercise training and high temperature in rainbow trout using Star-Oddi physio-loggers:
#aquaculture #biologger #physiologger #heartrate

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 14d

Esther Hoyo Alvarez and colleagues have an e-poster at @easaqua.bsky.social 2025 meeting where they characterize the welfare states of seabass based on physiologic and and behavioural responses to stress using physio-logging data from #Star-Oddi.

#heartrate #physiologger #biologger #tinylogger

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 15d

The welfare session at the European Aquaculture Society @easaqua.bsky.social annual meeting kicked off today with multiple studies using Star-Oddi heart rate and activity physio-loggers 🐟🐠🐡
#AquacultureEurope
#aquaculture
#heartrate
#heartratelogger

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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 23d

Aquaculture Europe returns to Spain

https://www.byteseu.com/1380692/

A decade on from its 2014 stop in San Sebastián, Aquaculture Europe is back in Spain – this time on Valencia’s Mediterranean coast. Organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), this year’s edition puts inclusivity and …

Aquaculture Europe returns to Spain - Bytes Europe

A decade on from its 2014 stop in San Sebastián, Aquaculture Europe is back in Spain – this time on Valencia’s Mediterranean coast. Organised by the European

www.byteseu.com

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 20d

🐖Evaluating Methods for Mass Depopulation of Swine in Emergency Situations

Researchers implanted 84 finisher pigs with Star-Oddi’s centi-HRT ACT loggers which were set to measure temperature, heart rate, ECG and activity every 15 seconds.
Summary of findings:

www.star-oddi.com/news/latest-...

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · 22d

🫀Glucocorticoids Not the Direct Driver of Arousal Related Changes of Heart Rate in Meerkats

Uni Zurich, Kalahari Meerkat Project, Uni CPH & Uni Pretoria implanted our DST micro-HRT physio-loggers in meerkats to measure heart rate during cortisol treatment.
👉https://tinyurl.com/ta6scnwa

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IWC 2025 @int-wildcongress.bsky.social · Sep 2

What an energetic congregation of people showing their research in amazing and innovative posters during the poster session! 🤩✨

We hope you all made good use of your free drink voucher 🥂🍻

#IWC2025

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are up and running at #IWC2025 in Lillehammer, Norway 🫎

Come by for a chat or take part in our raffle/lottery 🌟 #biologger

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 Ocean & Fish Research Newsletter is out!
Covering a study exploring extreme salinity gradient using #CTD logger & a study evaluating how pre-slaughter protocols and seasonal temp affect cardiac responses using #heartratelogger
👉https://www.star-oddi.com/news/aquatic-and-fisheries-newsletter

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are soon heading to International Wildlife Congress #IWC2025 in Norway. We will exhibit our small, implantable physio-loggers which can measure variables such as heart rate, activity, temp and depth. We hope to see you there! #wildlife #heartrate #tinylogger @int-wildcongress.bsky.social

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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · Jul 11

What an amazing group of scientists! It was such an honour to be a speaker for the “insights from biologging & conservation physiology” session @sebiology.bsky.social conference in Antwerp! Thanks again for the invitation! @conphysjournal.bsky.social @staroddi.bsky.social #sebconference

Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Jul 10

A good day in Antwerp! #sebconference

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Star-Oddi DST micro-HRT heart rate logger used in lambs @iucaunizar.bsky.social @alfonsoabecia.bsky.social

Alfonso Abecia 🐑 @alfonsoabecia.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our latest paper using @staroddi.bsky.social Heart rate and heart rate variability in lambs, measured by biologgers, during transport and its relationship to basal cortisol concentration www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @iucaunizar.bsky.social @www.unizar.es

Heart rate and heart rate variability in lambs, measured by biologgers, during transport and its relationship to basal cortisol concentration

In this study, we investigated the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and basal cortisol levels in lambs in the course of a short transport event. Fourteen lambs received a subcutane...

www.tandfonline.com

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 Laboratory & Wildlife Newsletter August edition is out!
Containing studies where Star-Oddi's tiny temp logger is used measuring core body temperature in mice. And heart rate and activity logger used in swine. Enjoy!

star-oddi.com/news/laborat...
#tinynanologger
#heartrate

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jul 7

We are excited to meet you at #SEB2025 soon 🐭🐒🐰🐑🐁🐿️🐾
@sebiology.bsky.social

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jul 3

We are soon heading to Antwerp in Belgium to attend #SEB2025 July 8-11. We will exhibit our small, implantable physio-loggers which can measure variables as heart rate, activity, temperature and depth. If you are going we hope to see you there!
@sebiology.bsky.social
@conphysjournal.bsky.social

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 24

🪱Physio-loggers to the Rescue: Tracking Sea Lamprey Parasitism in Lake Trout
@carleton.ca in collaboration with 5 other institutions used Star-Oddi's heart rate and activity tags in lake trout to track lamprey attachment.

tinyurl.com/yck794df

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 23

🧊 CTD Equipped Ocean Robot Study Reveals Unexplored Ice Shelf Cavities 🧊
@nasajpl.bsky.social, @ucirvine.bsky.social & Access Arctic explored the ice cavity of Petermann Glacier, Greenland using a GROV equipped Star-Oddi's CTD online sensor and multibeam sonar. Key findings: tinyurl.com/27fmw72w

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 19

Do not forget to pass by our booth (#8) at #OCEANS2025 and take part in the raffle.

The winner gets a mini Star-Oddi CTD logger with accessories!

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 18

We are up and running at #OCEANS2025
Check out our loggers for profiling, analysing movements and orientation of subsea equipment and fishing gear, or for long-term environmental monitoring.

Available sensors: conductivity-salinity, depth, temp, 3D tilt angle, acceleration and compass heading.

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Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are currently setting up our booth at #OCEANS2025 in Brest, France. 🌊

Come by and chat with our marine expert Baldur and check out our wide range of miniature multi sensor DST data loggers and online sensors for ocean monitoring and subsea gear research. 🌍

Star-Oddi @staroddi.bsky.social · Jun 8

🌍Happy World Ocean Day🌎

Star-Oddi has been providing instruments to study the ocean for over 30 years. Our loggers measure temperature, depth, and salinity across the world’s oceans, from glacier lakes to Mariana Trench.

#WorldOceanDay

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