Automated tracking to measure behavioural changes in pigs for health and welfare monitoring
Matthews SG;Miller AL;PlÖtz T;Kyriazakis I;;
Scientific reports2017Vol. 7pp. -
273
sg2017scientificautomated
Abstract
Since animals express their internal state through behaviour, changes in said behaviour may be used to detect early signs of problems, such as in animal health. Continuous observation of livestock by farm staff is impractical in a commercial setting to the degree required to detect behavioural chang …