The feeding behavior of each individual pig is an important indicator to determine whether it
is healthy or not. Therefore, automatic behavior recognition for individual pig is one of the …

Abstract Information on the daily growth rate of pigs enables the stockman to monitor their
performance and health and to predict and control their market weight and date. Manual …

The behaviors of livestock on farms are the primary representatives of animal welfare, health
conditions and social interactions. Measuring behavior quantitatively in an automatic …

This paper proposes an image based pig weight estimation method different from the
previous works in three ways. The first difference is no constraint on pig posture and image …

猪舍场景下, 昼夜交替光线变化, 热灯光照影响, 及仔猪与母猪的粘连等因素,
给全天候哺乳母猪姿态自动识别带来很大困难. 该文以深度视频图像为数据源 …

The automatic detection of pigs in camera images from within the barn helps scientists and
farmers to detect abnormal behaviour or problematic housing conditions and to investigate …

Maintaining the health and well‐being of animals is critical to the efficiency and profitability
of livestock operations. However, it can be difficult to monitor the health of animals in large …

Highlights•The animal activity showed two activity peaks during the daytimes.•There are
differences in behaviour as a function of the age of the animals.•The activity level was at its …

Highlights•Innovative building design potentially improves resource use and pig
welfare.•Model was validated by comparison with data from an existing conventional …

Ensuring the health of pregnant sows plays a key role in pig-breeding. Generally, the
behaviors of pregnant sows can indicate their health condition. Thus, it's necessary to …