Validation of automatic monitoring of feeding behaviours in sheep and goats.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring the feeding and ruminating behaviour of ruminants can be used to assess their health and welfare. The MSR-jaw movement recording system (JAM-R) can automatically record the jaw movements of ruminants. The associated software Viewer2 was developed to classify these recordings in adult cattle and calculate the duration and number of mastications of feeding and ruminating. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of Viewer2 in classifying the behaviour of sheep and goats and assessing their feeding and ruminating. The feeding and ruminating behaviour of ten sheep and ten goats on pasture (observed live) and of five sheep and five goats in the barn (observed by video) were compared with Viewer2 behaviour classifications. To assess the technical and welfare issues of

SUBMITTER: Berthel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194855 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature