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 …

Livestock feeding behaviour is an influential research area in animal husbandry and
agriculture. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in automated systems for …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate empirically confusion matrices in device
validation. We compared the confusion matrix method to linear regression and error indices …

An intelligent ecosystem with real-time wireless technology is now playing a key role in
meeting the sustainability requirements set by the United Nations. Dairy cattle are a major …

Remote monitoring, modern data collection through sensors, rapid data transfer, and vast
data storage through the Internet of Things (IoT) have advanced precision livestock farming …

Abstract Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is a developing region characterized for its
importance for global food security, producing 23 and 11% of the global beef and milk …

Automatic monitoring of animal feeding behaviour in commercial farms is desirable as it is
an important indicator for the well-being and health of animals. Low-frequency and high …

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 …

The main objective of our study was to validate, for dairy cows, a new pressure-based
system (RumiWatch noseband sensor, Itin+ Hoch GmbH, Liestal, Switzerland; RWS) that …

Cattle behaviour is fundamentally linked to the cows' health,(re) production, and welfare.
The aim of this study was to present an efficient method to incorporate Ultra-Wideband …