Keyword : Precision breeding

Smart farming and Artificial Intelligence (AI): How can we ensure that animal welfare is a priority?

Marian Stamp Dawkins

Published in 2025

Summary exploring the potential benefits and risks of using livestock technology to improve animal welfare. Its success will depends on public and industry confidence, scientific proof of its effectiveness, and on demonstrable economic and environmental benefits.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: All animals

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, precision farmingIdentification, Welfare indicators

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Machine Vision Applications for Welfare Monitoring in Aquaculture: Challenges and Opportunities

Fitzgerald, A., Ioannou, C.C., Consuegra, S., Dowsey, A. and Garcia de Leaniz, C.

Published in 2025

Review article examining the practical applications of AI for monitoring animal welfare in aquaculture. Detection of diseases, parasites and stress-related behaviors remains limited, not least because of the practical difficulties of observations on commercial farms. Algorithmic advances such as YOLO could improve the accuracy and adaptability of these systems.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Fish

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, precision farmingIdentification, Well-being indicator, Living environment, Stress, Behavioral disorders

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Comparison between AI and human expert performance in acute pain assessment in sheep

Marcelo Feighelstein, Stelio P. Luna, Nuno O. Silva, Pedro E. Trindade, Ilan Shimshoni, Dirk van der Linden & Anna Zamansky

Published in 2025

Study exploring the potential of AI to detect pain in clinical practice using sheep as a case study. CLIP encoder-based AI outperformed sheep facial expression assessment by human experts in pain recognition and equalled standard composite behavioral assessment.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Pain, precision farming

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Human-computer interactions with farm animals-enhancing welfare through precision livestock farming and artificial intelligence

Neethirajan S, Scott S, Mancini C, Boivin X, Strand E.

Published in 2024

Scientific synthesis exploring the potential of animal-computer interactions (ACI) to improve the individual welfare of farm animals, particularly in the context of precision farming and artificial intelligence.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories:Cattle, Pigs, Poultry

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Animal-based measurement, Animal housing, Precision farming, Identification, Welfare indicators, Housing, Modeling, One Welfare, livestock farming systemBehavioral disorders

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European animal breeders vision for 2030

EFFAB - European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders

Published in 2024

In this document, the European Farm Animal Breeders' Forum (EFFAB) stresses the importance of technological innovations to improve animal health, reduce environmental impact and guarantee food safety.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, precision farmingsocietal issues, environment, livestock farming system

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A review and future trends of precision livestock over dairy and beef cow cattle with artificial intelligence

Álvaro Michelena, Óscar Fontenla-Romero, José Luis Calvo-Rolle

Published in 2024

Sitrep on technological advances in precision farming (sensors and AI), now essential tools to  monitor herd health and detect anomalies at an early stage.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal-based measurement, precision farmingwelfare indicators, livestock farming systemBehavioural disorders

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Effects of space allowance on patterns of activity in group-housed dairy calves

M.B. Ugarte Marin, K.N. Gingerich, J. Wang, H. Yu, E.K. Miller-Cushon

Published in 2024

Study showing that increasing the space allocated to group-housed dairy calves reduces individual variability and can promote more synchronous resting. Calves get up and lie down less often, and are forced to make use of all available space when it is restricted.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurement, Livestock buildings, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Behavioral disorders

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Sustainable poultry farming practices: a critical review of current strategies and future prospects

Ramesh Bahadur Bist, Keshav Bist, Sandesh Poudel, Deepak Subedi, Xiao Yang, Bidur Paneru, Sudhagar Mani, Dongyi Wang, Lilong Chai

Published in 2024

Overview exploring strategies for sustainable poultry farming such as organic farming, use of alternative proteins, biotechnological innovations and waste management to minimize ecological footprints and improve economic viability. The study calls for increased collaboration between researchers, policy-makers and professionals to promote ethical, sustainable and resilient poultry production for the future.

Document Types: Scientific review

Animal categories: Poultry

Key words:Animal adaptation to environment, Livestock buildings, Education, precision farmingEnvironment, Risk management, Housing, Living environment, Pollution, Carcass quality, livestock farming system

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Heat stress measuring methods in dairy cows

Alessandra Aloia, Aristide Maggiolino, Lucrezia Forte, Pasquale De Palo

Published in 2024

Study exploring predictors other  than the temperature-humidity index (THI) to assess heat stress in cattle. Other early predictors use non-invasive, animal-based strategies, thanks to precision breeding technologies.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords:Animal adaptation to environment, Animal-based measurement, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Lactation, Living environment, Robustness, Stress

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Combining Automated Behaviour Recognition and Physiological Data to Characterize Heat Tolerance and Animal Welfare in Growing Pigs

Poullet Nausicaa, Guichard Johanna, Beramice David, Dantec Laurent, Gourdine Jean-Luc, Bonneau Mathieu

Published in 2024

Study combining computer visual monitoring and temperature measurements to monitor the behavior and thermoregulation of 22 pigs exposed to tropical temperatures (ranging from 20.3 to 27.9°C) and thermoneutral conditions (22°C). Pigs exposed to heat stress spent more time lying on their sides to dissipate heat, and a thermal discomfort index (HDI) was created to assess the impact on their welfare.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords:Animal adaptation to the environment, Animal-based measurement, Precision farming, Welfare indicators, Robustness, Behavioral disorders

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