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Comparative Analysis of Milking and Behavior Characteristics of Multiparous and Primiparous Cows in Robotic Systems.

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Robotic milking systems are successful innovations in the development of dairy cattle. The objective of this study was to analyse the milking characteristics and behavior of dairy cows of different calving orders in "milk first" robotic milking syste...

Prediction of likelihood of conception in dairy cows using milk mid-infrared spectra collected before the first insemination and machine learning algorithms.

Journal of dairy science
Accurate and ex-ante prediction of cows' likelihood of conception (LC) based on milk composition information could improve reproduction management on dairy farms. Milk composition is already routinely measured by mid-infrared (MIR) spectra, which are...

Automated dairy cattle lameness detection utilizing the power of artificial intelligence; current status quo and future research opportunities.

Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)
Lameness represents a major welfare and health problem for the dairy industry across all farming systems. Visual mobility scoring, although very useful, is labour-intensive and physically demanding, especially in large dairies, often leading to incon...

Machine learning methods for genomic prediction of cow behavioral traits measured by automatic milking systems in North American Holstein cattle.

Journal of dairy science
Identifying genome-enabled methods that provide more accurate genomic prediction is crucial when evaluating complex traits such as dairy cow behavior. In this study, we aimed to compare the predictive performance of traditional genomic prediction met...

Performance comparison of machine learning models used for predicting subclinical mastitis in dairy cows: Bagging, boosting, stacking, and super-learner ensembles versus single machine learning models.

Journal of dairy science
Mastitis has a substantial impact on the dairy industry across the world, causing dairy producers to suffer losses due to the reduced quality and quantity of produced milk. A further problem, related to this issue, is the excessive use of antibiotics...

Development and validation of a fully automated 2-dimensional imaging system generating body condition scores for dairy cows using machine learning.

Journal of dairy science
Monitoring body condition score (BCS) is a useful management tool to estimate the energy reserves of an individual cow or a group of cows. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the performance of a fully automated 2-dimensional imaging sy...

Indirect Sensing of Subclinical Intramammary Infections in Dairy Herds with a Milking Robot.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
This study determined the impact of subclinical intramammary infections (IMIs), such as the major and minor udder pathogens (MaPs and MiPs), on the somatic cell count (SCC) in cow milk and investigated the possibilities of indirect sensing of the udd...

Society for birth defects research and prevention's multidisciplinary research needs workshop 2022: A call to action.

Birth defects research
The Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (BDRP) strives to understand and protect against potential hazards to developing embryos, fetuses, children, and adults by bringing together scientific knowledge from diverse fields. The theme of ...

Deep learning pose estimation for multi-cattle lameness detection.

Scientific reports
The objective of this study was to develop a fully automated multiple-cow real-time lameness detection system using a deep learning approach for cattle detection and pose estimation that could be deployed across dairy farms. Utilising computer vision...

The estimation and interpretation of ordered logit models for assessing the factors connected with the productivity of Holstein-Friesian dairy cows in Egypt.

Tropical animal health and production
The incorporation of novel technologies such as artificial intelligence, data mining, and advanced statistical methodologies have received wide responses from researchers. This study was designed to model the factors impacting the actual milk yield o...