An overview of the current trends in precision pig farming technologies

C Tzanidakis, P Simitzis, K Arvanitis, P Panagakis - Livestock Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Pig farming is one of the most technologically advanced and continuously growing
production sectors. As the pig herds grow larger and at the same time the number of farmers …

A review of video-based pig behavior recognition

Q Yang, D Xiao - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Video surveillance technology has been applied in many farms and a large amount of video
data has been generated. Extracting valuable information about the pig industry from video …

CowXNet: An automated cow estrus detection system

T Lodkaew, K Pasupa, CK Loo - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Estrus detection is essential for dairy farms to take cows for artificial insemination promptly.
Conventional approaches for detecting estrus cows use electronic devices attached to cows …

Enhanced LiteHRNet based sheep weight estimation using RGB-D images

C He, Y Qiao, R Mao, M Li, M Wang - Computers and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sheep farming is a strategic sector of livestock husbandry, and its production has large
market demand in many countries. The live weight of sheep provides important information …

Applications of smart technology as a sustainable strategy in modern swine farming

S Mahfuz, HS Mun, MA Dilawar, CJ Yang - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The size of the pork market is increasing globally to meet the demand for animal protein,
resulting in greater farm size for swine and creating a great challenge to swine farmers and …

Information Technologies for Welfare Monitoring in Pigs and Their Relation to Welfare Quality®

MLV Larsen, M Wang, T Norton - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The assessment of animal welfare on-farm is important to ensure that current welfare
standards are followed. The current manual assessment proposed by Welfare …

Automatic scoring of postures in grouped pigs using depth image and CNN-SVM

J Xu, S Zhou, A Xu, J Ye, A Zhao - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Animal posture is a manifestation of animal behavior, and an animal's behavior provides
information about their health, welfare, and living environment. In recent years, machine …

Mounting behaviour recognition for pigs based on deep learning

D Li, Y Chen, K Zhang, Z Li - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
For both pigs in commercial farms and biological experimental pigs at breeding bases,
mounting behaviour is likely to cause damage such as epidermal wounds, lameness and …

Real-time sow behavior detection based on deep learning

Y Zhang, J Cai, D Xiao, Z Li, B Xiong - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recording sow behaviors allows tracking their health status, the timely detection of
abnormalities, and provides assistance to increase their health both physically and mentally …

Barriers to computer vision applications in pig production facilities

J Li, AR Green-Miller, X Hu, A Lucic… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surveillance and analysis of behavior can be used to detect and characterize health
disruption and welfare status in animals. The accurate identification of changes in behavior …