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How cockroaches exploit tactile boundaries to find new shelters.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 23, 2015
Animals such as cockroaches depend on exploration of unknown environments, and their strategies may inspire robotic approaches. We have previously shown that cockroach behavior, with respect to shelters and the walls of an otherwise empty arena, can ...
Spatial Behavior Cockroaches Robotics Exploratory Behavior Models, Biological Touch Biomimetics Computer Simulation Housing, Animal Animals Behavior, Animal
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A panting behavior-driven assessment framework for summer ventilation quality optimization in layer houses.

Poultry science Aug 1, 2025
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...
Animal Husbandry Housing, Animal Chickens Female Seasons Behavior, Animal Animals Animal Welfare Ventilation
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A critical review on the welfare of Japanese quail in cage-free housing: Current knowledge and future perspectives.

Poultry science Aug 1, 2025
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 ...
Male Animal Husbandry Animal Welfare Female Housing, Animal Coturnix Animals
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Using deep learning to accurately detect sow vulva size in a group pen with a single camera.

Journal of animal science Jan 3, 2024
This paper presents a non-contact method for the detection of changes in sow vulva size in a group pen. The traditional approach to estrus detection is manually pressing down on the back of the sow to elicit standing responses; however, this method c...
Female Deep Learning Housing, Animal Weaning Animals Swine Estrus Vulva
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Analysis of pig posture detection in group-housed pigs using deep learning-based mask scoring instance segmentation.

Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho Jan 1, 2024
Pig posture is closely linked with livestock health and welfare. There has been significant interest among researchers in using deep learning techniques for pig posture detection. However, this task is challenging due to variations in image angles an...
Housing, Animal Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Posture Algorithms Swine Deep Learning Animals
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Forecasting the milk yield of cows on farms equipped with automatic milking system with the use of decision trees.

Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho Jan 1, 2020
The purpose of this paper was to utilize the decision trees technique to determine the factors responsible for high monthly milk yield in Polish Holstein-Friesian cows from 27 herds equipped with milking robots. The applied statistical method-the dec...
Environment Housing, Animal Dairying Lactation Milk Animal Husbandry Time Factors Decision Trees Robotics Cattle Female Animals
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Linear growth model analysis of factors affecting boar semen characteristics in Southern China.

Journal of animal science Dec 1, 2017
This study investigated the factors affecting the semen traits of boars in Southern China. A total of 172,408 ejaculates of boars from 9 AI centers were collected from January 2013 to May 2016. A linear growth model was used to analyze the effects of...
Breeding Age Factors Swine Sperm Count Semen China Linear Models Sperm Motility Animals Housing, Animal Seasons Semen Analysis Male
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Automation: robots in the vivarium.

Lab animal Dec 19, 2016
Automation technologies are improving efficiency in the vivarium and helping institutions keep up with the growing number of mutant rodents in their colonies.
Animal Husbandry Robotics Animals Housing, Animal Animals, Laboratory
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