Image processing strategies for pig liveweight measurement: Updates and challenges

S Bhoj, A Tarafdar, A Chauhan, M Singh… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liveweight (LW) of pigs is a key feature to monitor daily gain, nutritional status, and health
performances and to forecast and control their marketable weight. The direct method of …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate estimation of body weight of pigs through smartphone image measurement app

G Thapar, TK Biswas, B Bhushan, S Naskar… - Smart Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present investigation was carried out to develop a novel, portable and user-friendly
method for hands-off measurement of body dimensions and prediction of body weight of the …

Weight prediction of landlly pigs from morphometric traits in different age classes using ANN and non-linear regression models

AL Preethi, A Tarafdar, SF Ahmad, S Panda… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study was undertaken to identify the best estimator (s) of body weight based on
various linear morphometric measures in Landlly pigs using artificial neural network (ANN) …

Accurate assessment of body weights using morphometric measurements in Landlly pigs

S Panda, GK Gaur, A Chauhan, J Kar… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of the study was to evaluate 16 novel morphometric traits of Landlly piglets at
weaning (6 weeks) and post weaning (8 weeks) stage and to predict corresponding body …

Using body measurements to estimate body weight in gilts

MS Al Ard Khanji, C Llorente… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
The absence of a scale on pig farms has led to indirect body weight (BW) estimation using
regression models based on body measurements. The objectives of the present study were …

Body weight prediction in crossbred pigs from digital images using computer vision

ACR da Cunha, RC Antunes, WG da Costa… - Livestock Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of technologies made it possible to capture digital images by sensors in
order to obtain morphometric measurements that can be used in the development of …

[PDF][PDF] Carcass composition and meat quality parameters of Ghungroo pigs

R Thomas, S Banik, K Barman, NH Mohan… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The study was part of a programme to improve pig production in India and the information on
carcass composition and meat quality is very much essential towards the development of a …

Path analysis of body weight in grower and finisher pigs

NS Machebe, AG Ezekwe, GC Okeke… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - indianjournals.com
The aim of this study was to set up direct and indirect casual effects between body weight
and biometric measurements of breeding gilts at growing and finishing stages of production …

Nonlinear prediction models for estimation of pre-weaning body weight of pigs using morphometric traits

S Banik, S Naskar, K Barman, PJ Das… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - indianjournals.com
Background In the present study, a set of non-linear prediction equation was developed
using records of body measurement traits, namely heart girth, punch girth, height at …

[PDF][PDF] Principal component analysis of morphometric and growth traits in crossbred piglets

S Panda, GK Gaur, NR Sahoo, PK Bharti… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - epubs.icar.org.in
This investigation was undertaken to derive fewer independent common factors through
principal component analysis to characterize 75% Landrace crossbreds. Records of 26 body …