Measuring farm animal emotions—Sensor-based approaches

S Neethirajan, I Reimert, B Kemp - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding animal emotions is a key to unlocking methods for improving animal welfare.
Currently there are no 'benchmarks' or any scientific assessments available for measuring …

Assessing the impact of draught load pulling on welfare in equids

SSUH Bukhari, RSV Parkes - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
About 112 million working equids are the source of income for 600 million people globally.
Many equids are used for pulling loads (up to 15,000 kg per day) to transport goods. Most of …

Going deeper than tracking: A survey of computer-vision based recognition of animal pain and emotions

S Broomé, M Feighelstein, A Zamansky… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Advances in animal motion tracking and pose recognition have been a game changer in the
study of animal behavior. Recently, an increasing number of works go 'deeper'than tracking …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of transportation and social isolation on facial expressions of healthy horses

J Lundblad, M Rashid, M Rhodin, PH Andersen - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Horses have the ability to generate a remarkable repertoire of facial expressions, some of
which have been linked to the affective component of pain. This study describes the facial …

[HTML][HTML] Recognising the facial expression of frustration in the horse during feeding period

C Ricci-Bonot, DS Mills - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Horses often present negative emotional states which are frequently poorly recognised, with
much of our understanding of horse expressions based on anecdotes, rather than scientific …

The effect of stress and exercise on the learning performance of horses

C Henshall, H Randle, N Francis, R Freire - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Domestic horses are widely used for physically demanding activities but the effect of
exercise on their learning abilities has not been explored. Horses are also frequently …

Selection of image texture analysis and color model in the advanced image processing of thermal images of horses following exercise

M Domino, M Borowska, N Kozłowska, A Trojakowska… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Detecting horse state after exercise is critical for maximizing athletic
performance. The horse's response to fatigue includes exercise termination or exercise …

Facial expressions of horses using weighted multivariate statistics for assessment of subtle local pain induced by polylactide-based polymers implanted …

JRG Carvalho, PHE Trindade, G Conde, ML Antonioli… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Facial expression (FE) has been used for pain diagnosis in horses. The
current study aimed to identify pain in horses undergoing under-skin polylactide-based …

Going deeper than tracking: a survey of computer-vision based recognition of animal pain and affective states

S Broomé, M Feighelstein, A Zamansky… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Advances in animal motion tracking and pose recognition have been a game changer in the
study of animal behavior. Recently, an increasing number of works go'deeper'than tracking …

The use of artificial intelligence in assessing affective states in livestock

S Neethirajan - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In order to promote the welfare of farm animals, there is a need to be able to recognize,
register and monitor their affective states. Numerous studies show that just like humans, non …