Simple Summary Smart farming is a concept of agricultural innovation that combines
technological, social, economic and institutional changes. It employs novel practices of …

The fast detection of pigs is a crucial aspect for a surveillance environment intended for the
ultimate purpose of the 24 h tracking of individual pigs. Particularly, in a realistic pig farm …

Highlights•This study proposed a set of creative methods for automatically quantifying and
assessing the movement of grouped pigs.•The YOLOv5s model was used to detect the …

Visual monitoring of pig behaviours over long periods is very time consuming and has
possibility for observer bias. Automated image processing techniques now give the potential …

The behavioral information and body conditions of animals are significant in precision
livestock farming. And they have a considerable relationship with animal's welfare and …

Visual monitoring of behaviour on-farm is mostly challenging due to the number of animals
to be observed and the time required. However, behavioural problems such as cannibalism …

Simple Summary Pigs are important livestock for meat production. Because of rising
demand for animal products from housing systems that enable high standards of animal …

The activity level of pigs is an important stress indicator which can be associated to tail-
biting, a major issue for animal welfare of domestic pigs in conventional housing systems …

Knowing the number of pigs on a large-scale pig farm is an important issue for efficient farm
management. However, counting the number of pigs accurately is difficult for humans …

Simple Summary Animals exhibit their internal and external stimuli through changing
behavior. Therefore, people intrinsically used animal physical activities as an indicator to …