Do we automatically detect health- or general welfare-related issues? A framework.

ABSTRACT: The early detection of health disorders is a central goal in livestock production. Thus, a great demand for technologies enabling the automated detection of such issues exists. However, despite decades of research, precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies with sufficient accuracy and ready for implementation on commercial farms are rare. A central factor impeding technological development is likely the use of non-specific indicators for various issues. On commercial farms, where animals are exposed to changing environmental conditions, where they undergo different internal states and, most importantly, where they can be challenged by more than one issue at a time, such an approach leads inevitably to errors. To improve the accuracy of PLF technologies, the presented framework propose

SUBMITTER: Stachowicz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113903 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature