期刊
BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
卷 224, 期 -, 页码 118-130出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2022.10.002
关键词
Automated detection; Pig social interactions; Deep learning; Pig behaviour; Tail-biting
资金
- European Union [773436]
- European Commission
- UK Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL)
- Zoetis Inc.
- Green Development and Demonstration Programme under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Denmark [34,009-13-0743]
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [773436] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
This study presents a novel framework for monitoring pig interactions within groups, without the need for individual pig tracking/identification. By modifying and optimizing deep learning models, the system is able to accurately score and monitor pig interactions using inexpensive camera-based data capturing infrastructure. The method has potential applications in monitoring pig health status and detecting abnormal behaviors.
Change in the frequency of contact between pigs within a group may be indicative of a change in the physiological or health status of one or more pigs within a group, or indicative of the occurrence of abnormal behaviour, e.g. tail-biting. Here, we developed a novel framework that detects and quantifies the frequency of interaction, i.e., a pig head to another pig rear, between pigs in groups. The method does not require individual pig tracking/identification and uses only inexpensive camera-based data capturing infrastructure. We modified the architecture of well-established deep learning models and further developed a lightweight processing stage that scans over pigs to score said interactions. This included the addition of a detection subnetwork to a selected layer of the base residual network. We first validated the automated system to score the interactions between individual pigs within a group, and determined an average accuracy of 92.65% +/- 3.74%, under a variety of settings, e.g., management set-ups and data capturing. We then applied the method to a significant welfare challenge in pigs, that of the detection of tail-biting outbreaks in pigs and quantified the changes that happen in contact behaviour during such an outbreak. Our study shows that the system is able to accurately monitor pig interactions under challenging farming conditions, without the need for additional sensors or a pig tracking stage. The method has a number of potential applications to the field of precision livestock farming of pigs that may transform the industry.(c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IAgrE. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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