Grassland sheep counting is essential for both animal husbandry and ecological balance. Accurate population statistics help optimize livestock management and sustain grassland ecosystems. However, traditional counting methods are time-consuming and c...
The increasing demand for automation in livestock farming scenarios highlights the need for effective noncontact measurement methods. The current methods typically require either fixed postures and specific positions of the target animals or high com...
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
Apr 25, 2025
For beef cattle, subjective methods tend to be used on-farm for assessing readiness for slaughter. This means that the target classification grades cannot be accurately estimated, leading to over- and under-finished animals being sent to slaughter. T...
Mating behaviors are crucial for bird welfare, reproduction, and productivity in breeding flocks. During mating, a rooster mounts a hen, which may result in the hen overlapping or disappearing from top-view of a vision system. The objective of this r...
Tropical animal health and production
Mar 29, 2025
In poultry farming, robotics is represented by robotic models which perform different functions. Among these functions, ambience is one of the most critical, as the aviary is an artificial environment which needs to present all the necessary conditio...
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Mar 21, 2025
The control and monitoring process for broiler facilities needs to be improved to mitigate or eliminate birds' thermal stress. Thus, the objective was to develop of a fuzzy controller embedded in a microcontroller and a multiplatform web application ...
The poultry industry relies on highly efficient production systems. For sustainable food production, where maintaining broiler welfare is crucial, it is essential to have robust data collection systems and automated methods for assessing broiler heal...
Heat stress is a major welfare problem in the poultry industry, altering broilers' activity levels. Advancements in image processing and machine learning provide opportunities to automatically quantify and analyze broiler activity. This study aimed t...
Tropical animal health and production
Jan 30, 2025
Dry matter intake (DMI) determination is essential for effective management of meat goats, especially in optimizing feed utilization and production efficiency. Unfortunately, farmers often face challenges in accurately predicting DMI which leads to w...
The increasing global demand for meat and dairy products, fueled by rapid industrialization, has led to the expansion of Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) in the United States (US). These operations, often found in clusters, generate large amounts of ...
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