Consumption of animal products such as meat, milk, and eggs in first-world countries has
leveled off, but it is rising precipitously in developing countries. Agriculture will have to …

Livestock production to provide food for a growing world population, with increasing demand
for meat and milk products, has led to a rapid growth in the scale of cattle and pig …

Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers
also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes …

Simple Summary Cattle lameness detection as well as behaviour recognition are the two
main objectives in the applications of precision livestock farming (PLF). Over the last five …

In the framework of its Farm to Fork Strategy, the Commission is undertaking a
comprehensive evaluation of the animal welfare legislation. The present Opinion deals with …

Lameness is a tremendous problem in intensively managed dairy herds all over the world. It
has been associated with considerable adverse effects on animal welfare and economic …

The growth of computer vision technology can enable the automatic assessment of dairy
cow health, for instance, the detection of lameness. To monitor the health condition of each …

Lameness is one of the most challenging problems in the dairy industry. Control is impeded
because farmers often underestimate the number of lame cows. The objectives of this study …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the system performance of a 3D vision system for
automatic locomotion monitoring implemented in a commercial dairy farm. Data were …

Simple Summary Lameness is a major welfare issue in dairy cows. Locomotion scoring (LS)
is mostly used in identifying lame cows based on gait and postural changes. However …