AIMC Topic: Animal Husbandry

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Associations between management practices and within-pen prevalence of calf diarrhea and respiratory disease on dairy farms using automated milk feeders.

Journal of dairy science
Data on management practices used with automated milk feeders (AMF) are needed to identify factors associated with calf health in these systems. The objectives of this observational, longitudinal, cross-sectional study were to estimate the prevalence...

Automated early detection of drops in commercial egg production using neural networks.

British poultry science
1. The purpose of this work was to support decision-making in poultry farms by performing automatic early detection of anomalies in egg production. 2. Unprocessed data were collected from a commercial egg farm on a daily basis over 7 years. Records f...

Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of multiple environmental factors for swine building assessment and control.

Journal of hazardous materials
In confined swine buildings, temperature, humidity, and air quality are all important for animal health and productivity. However, the current swine building environmental control is only based on temperature; and evaluation and control methods based...

Broiler weight estimation based on machine vision and artificial neural network.

British poultry science
1. Machine vision and artificial neural network (ANN) procedures were used to estimate live body weight of broiler chickens in 30 1-d-old broiler chickens reared for 42 d. 2. Imaging was performed two times daily. To localise chickens within the pen,...

A prediction model of ammonia emission from a fattening pig room based on the indoor concentration using adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system.

Journal of hazardous materials
Ammonia (NH) is considered one of the significant pollutions contributor to indoor air quality and odor gas emission from swine house because of the negative impact on the health of pigs, the workers and local environment. Prediction models could pro...

Automatic Recognition of Aggressive Behavior in Pigs Using a Kinect Depth Sensor.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aggression among pigs adversely affects economic returns and animal welfare in intensive pigsties. In this study, we developed a non-invasive, inexpensive, automatic monitoring prototype system that uses a Kinect depth sensor to recognize aggressive ...

Predictive models to determine best strategy for metaphylaxis application in cattle at arrival to a feedyard.

Preventive veterinary medicine
Metaphylaxis, the application of an antimicrobial to a cohort of cattle at arrival to a feedyard, is an important bovine respiratory disease (BRD) control strategy for certain cattle populations. Predictive modeling techniques could be used to assist...

A panting behavior-driven assessment framework for summer ventilation quality optimization in layer houses.

Poultry science
Ventilation quality in summer layer houses is critical for heat stress prevention, production performance, and poultry welfare. Addressing the issue of "qualified environmental parameters but chicken discomfort" caused by traditional methods overlook...

A critical review on the welfare of Japanese quail in cage-free housing: Current knowledge and future perspectives.

Poultry science
The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is an increasingly popular species in poultry production. Concern about poultry welfare, including quail, has resulted in a stronger focus for farms to transition to cage-free housing as highlighted by the 2020 ...

Innovations in Quail Welfare: Integrating Environmental Enrichment, Nutrition and Genetic Advances for Improved Health and Productivity.

Veterinary medicine and science
The demand for ethical and sustainable poultry production is driving up the importance of quail welfare. Because quail meat and eggs are in high demand, quails are frequently kept in harsh production environments that may harm their health and well-b...