In order to base welfare assessment of dairy cattle on real-time measurement, integration of
valid and reliable precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies is needed. The aim of this …

Infectious diseases, particularly bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and neonatal calf diarrhea
(NCD), are prevalent in calves. Efficient health-monitoring tools to identify such diseases on …

Monitoring the weight of beef cattle is important for productive strategies. The main goal of
this work was to automatically extract measurements from 2D images of the dorsal area of …

Monitoring the licking behaviour in grazing cattle is a potential means for quantifying block
supplement intake. The current study aimed to 1) evaluate the capability of an ear-tag …

Precision livestock farming (PLF) offers a strategic solution to enhance the management
capacity of large animal groups, while simultaneously improving profitability, efficiency, and …

Dairy cows compete for feed and water access on commercial farms. In this study we used
EloSteepness to assess the summed Elo winning probabilities (ie, dominance) of 87 cows …

Filth fly pests have a substantial impact on livestock production; annual losses from filth flies
were estimated at over US $1.5 billion in 1981. Knowing filth fly management and animal …

Automated weighing systems to monitor BW and supplement intake (SI) of individual grazing
cattle are being developed to better understand the seasonal nutrition and performance of …

Feed intake is an important indicator to reflect the production performance and disease risk
of dairy cows, which can also evaluate the utilization rate of pasture feed. To achieve an …

Implications South America is a major food producer in the world, but there is still a large
potential to optimize production efficiency and the industries' long-term sustainability through …