Subject: Electronics

Cattle lameness detection with accelerometers

N.W.O'Leary, D.T.Byrne, A.H.O'Connor, L.Shalloo

Published in 2020

Preview: “Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes lameness management. Automation of lameness detection could address this knowledge gap and facilitate improved lameness management. The literature pertinent to adding lameness detection to accelerometers is reviewed in this paper.”

Document Types: Scientific review

Category of animals: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines

Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning

Robert M. Hyde, Peter M. Down, Andrew J. Bradley, James E. Breen, Chris Hudson, Katharine A. Leach, Martin J. Green

Published in 2020

Preview : “An accurate, automated mastitis diagnosis tool has great potential to aid non-specialist veterinary clinicians to make a rapid herd level diagnosis and promptly implement appropriate control measures for an extremely damaging disease [mastitis] in terms of animal health, productivity, welfare and antimicrobial use.”

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Bovines

Keywords: Risk management, Modelling, Livestock farming system

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Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep

Jasmeet Kaler, Jurgen Mitsch, Jorge A. Vázquez-Diosdado, Nicola Bollard, Tania Dottorini, Keith A. Ellis

Published in 2020

Test of an ear sensor comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope for detecting lame sheep while standing, walking and lying

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Pain, Precision farming

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