PloS one
Jan 16, 2026
Monitoring cattle behavior plays an important role in improving farm productivity, maintaining animal welfare, and supporting efficient management practices. This study presents a multi-view behavior recognition system that uses synchronized top-view...
Tropical animal health and production
Dec 29, 2025
This study evaluated the comparative performance of nine machine learning (ML) algorithms for predicting 305-day first lactation milk yield (305FLMY) and total milk yield (TMY) in Murrah buffaloes. Data from 657 animals recorded over 24 years (2000-2...
Tropical animal health and production
Nov 27, 2025
In the present study, a novel stacked Sparse Autoencoder-Deep Neural Network (SAE-DNN) learning prediction model was applied to predict calf sex, weight, and daily milk yield for dairy buffalo. First, SAE stage extracts the unique statistical feature...
BMC veterinary research
Nov 20, 2025
BACKGROUND: Automated behavior monitoring is increasingly important in precision dairy farming, supporting early disease detection, welfare assessment, and productivity optimization. Although accelerometers effectively detect postural changes, they h...
The Science of the total environment
Oct 15, 2025
Global demand for ruminant milk-based products is increasing, contributing to increases in associated environmental impacts. Yet, most efforts to reduce the total environmental impact of dairy production are based on livestock breeding and manipulati...
Scientific reports
Oct 6, 2025
R1.C1: The dairy industry is a cornerstone of global food production and economic development; yet, its productivity is frequently hindered by common bovine health issues, including lameness, mastitis, metritis, and foot-and-mouth disease. These cond...
Tropical animal health and production
Jul 28, 2025
In this study, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting Machines (GBM), and Support Vector Machines (SVM), Multi-Class Logistic Regression (MCLR) models were comparatively evaluated for the prediction of milk yield in water buffaloes. The study's main purpos...
Journal of dairy science
Jul 16, 2025
The primary objective was to assess the performance of a computer vision system for the detection of reattachment and manual removal of the milking unit, as well as the assessment of the preparation lag time of the milking routine. The secondary obje...
Journal of dairy science
Jul 16, 2025
The lactation curve is essential for developing effective feeding plans, optimizing breeding, and strategizing milk production for dairy farms. However, health disorders, as well as external factors such as heat stress, dietary changes, and certain m...
Journal of dairy science
Jul 16, 2025
Data-driven health monitoring based on milk yield has shown potential to identify health-perturbing events during the transition period. As a proof of principle, we explored the association between the cow's residual milk yield, that is, the differen...