A systematic literature review on the use of machine learning in precision livestock farming

R García, J Aguilar, M Toro, A Pinto… - … and Electronics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article presents a systematic literature review of recent works on the use of machine
learning (ML) in precision livestock farming (PLF), focusing on two areas of interest: grazing …

Intelligent perception for cattle monitoring: A review for cattle identification, body condition score evaluation, and weight estimation

Y Qiao, H Kong, C Clark, S Lomax, D Su… - … and electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing demand for animal protein due to several factors such as
global population growth, rising incomes, etc. However, farming productivity is stagnating …

Detecting mammals in UAV images: Best practices to address a substantially imbalanced dataset with deep learning

B Kellenberger, D Marcos, D Tuia - Remote sensing of environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge over the number of animals in large wildlife reserves is a vital necessity
for park rangers in their efforts to protect endangered species. Manual animal censuses are …

[HTML][HTML] Automated cattle counting using Mask R-CNN in quadcopter vision system

B Xu, W Wang, G Falzon, P Kwan, L Guo… - … and Electronics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The accurate and reliable counting of animals in quadcopter acquired imagery is one of the
most promising but challenging tasks in intelligent livestock management in the future. In this …

Practices and applications of convolutional neural network-based computer vision systems in animal farming: A review

G Li, Y Huang, Z Chen, GD Chesser Jr, JL Purswell… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based computer vision systems have been
increasingly applied in animal farming to improve animal management, but current …

Animal welfare implications of digital tools for monitoring and management of cattle and sheep on pasture

A Herlin, E Brunberg, J Hultgren, N Högberg… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Monitoring the welfare of cattle and sheep in large pastures can be time-
consuming, especially if the animals are scattered over large areas in semi-natural pastures …

A review of deep learning algorithms for computer vision systems in livestock

DAB Oliveira, LGR Pereira, T Bresolin, REP Ferreira… - Livestock Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In livestock operations, systematically monitoring animal body weight, biometric body
measurements, animal behavior, feed bunk, and other difficult-to-measure phenotypes is …

Cattle segmentation and contour extraction based on Mask R-CNN for precision livestock farming

Y Qiao, M Truman, S Sukkarieh - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019 - Elsevier
In precision livestock farming, computer vision based approaches have been widely used to
obtain individual cattle health and welfare information such as body condition score, live …

A systematic literature review on deep learning applications for precision cattle farming

MS Mahmud, A Zahid, AK Das, M Muzammil… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In animal agriculture, deep learning-based approaches have been widely implemented as a
decision support tool for precision farming. Several deep learning models have been …

Image analysis for individual identification and feeding behaviour monitoring of dairy cows based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)

B Achour, M Belkadi, I Filali, M Laghrouche… - Biosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Top head image is used as Region of Interest for dairy cow individual
identification.•Dairy cows are classified in the feeder zone as standing or feeding.•Cow is …