Real time monitoring of pig activity: practical difficulties in pigs' behaviour labelling
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2007
Citazione:
Real time monitoring of pig activity: practical difficulties in pigs' behaviour labelling / A. Costa, T. Mentasti, M. Guarino, T. Leroy, D. Berckmans - In: Precision livestock farming 07 / [a cura di] S. Cox. - Netherlands : Wagenigen Academic, 2007 Jun. - ISBN 9789086860234. - pp. 299-307 (( Intervento presentato al 3. convegno 3. European conference on precision livestock farming (ECPLF) tenutosi a Skiathos, Greece nel 2007.
Abstract:
Video recording of two pens was made throughout 24 hours a day using a CCD camera placed 5 m above the floor. For the study 33 fattening pigs housed on a fully slatted floor were utilized. The software, called Eyenamic (Leroy et al., 2006b; Bloemen et al., 1997), measured activity levels of the pigs in practical conditions. Every second the algorithm logged the camera image and the activity index of the animals and stored these data for further analysis. Finally the data image files were visually checked and labelled in order to score animals' behaviour and perform a behavioural model to predict pigs aggressiveness as an early warning system to avoid animal losses.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Elenco autori:
A. Costa, T. Mentasti, M. Guarino, T. Leroy, D. Berckmans
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Titolo del libro:
Precision livestock farming 07