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How wearable devices monitor heart rate and breathing in pets?

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Wearable devices are devices which can detect heart rate or breathing. With the new technology, scientists around the World have made wearable devices not just for humans only but for pets as well. In a research, it is found that these wearable devices are growing so much in popularity specifically for pets.
Let’s look at the important factors and some key points.

Importance of Wearable Devices


Wearable devices enable us to track everything online, it is a great technology tool. It also reduces risks of many other diseases which pets can get in daily life.


How does it work?

The electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors in the device focus on the electrical activity of the heart. It allows an accurate beating of your pet’s heart rate. These devices are mostly applied on harnesses of the pets, in 2024 as the AI system is growing, the new normal AI collars are also being generated.
Wearable devices are remote handled, mostly by their vets or the owners.
The sound waves through the harness transfers the information to a mobile phone, the vet or the owners can check the heart rate or any breathing issue just by a click on their phone.


Allergic Reactions by Wearable Devices

Moreover with all the pros there are some cons to this as well, these devices are quite expensive sometimes for the pets, they may cause irritation which might lead to an allergic reaction for your pet. Most common allergy from wearing a wearable device in pets is an allergic reaction on their skin, mainly redness on the skin, which is also known as atopic dermatitis. Which can further go beyond.

Therefore with all the advantages and disadvantages, wearable devices for pets are highly in trend and most of the pet owners are finding it really useful and helpful as it is easy to track everything on your mobile phone and have proper vital data and history about your pet.
Before putting any wearable device on your pet you must visit the vet and do not apply it without any consultation from your vet.