期刊
ANIMAL
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100432
关键词
Deep learning; Individual feed intake; Precision livestock farming; Red-Green-Blue-Depth camera; Transfer learning
资金
- Israeli Chief Scientist of Agriculture [459-451415]
- Israel Dairy Board [459-4490]
- Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- TechCare grant [459-6715Y51]
A real-time machine vision system was developed to predict individual feed intake of dairy cows. By using RGBD camera to capture images of feed piles and applying deep learning models, the feed intake of cows was successfully predicted.
Data on individual feed intake of dairy cows, an important variable for farm management, are currently unavailable in commercial dairies. A real-time machine vision system including models that are able to adapt to multiple types of feed was developed to predict individual feed intake of dairy cows. Using a Red-Green-Blue-Depth (RGBD) camera, images of feed piles of two different feed types (lactating cows' feed and heifers' feed) were acquired in a research dairy farm, for a range of feed weights under varied configurations and illuminations. Several models were developed to predict individual feed intake: two Transfer Learning (TL) models based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), one CNN model trained on both feed types, and one Multilayer Perceptron and Convolutional Neural Network model trained on both feed types, along with categorical data. We also implemented a statistical method to compare these four models using a Linear Mixed Model and a Generalised Linear Mixed Model, showing that all models are significantly different. The TL models performed best and were trained on both feeds with TL methods. These models achieved Mean Absolute Errors (MAEs) of 0.12 and 0.13 kg per meal with RMSE of 0.18 and 0.17 kg per meal for the two different feeds, when tested on varied data collected manually in a cowshed. Testing the model with actual cows' meals data automatically collected by the system in the cowshed resulted in a MAE of 0.14 kg per meal and RMSE of 0.19 kg per meal. These results suggest the potential of measuring individual feed intake of dairy cows in a cowshed using RGBD cameras and Deep Learning models that can be applied and tuned to different types of feed. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Animal Consortium.
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