Automatic Monitoring of dairy cows’ lying behaviour using a computer vision system in open barns
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2023
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Estonian University of Life Sciences
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Precision Livestock Farming offers opportunities for automated, continuous
monitoring of animals, their productivity, welfare and health. The video-based assessment of
animal behaviour is an automated, non-invasive and promising application. The aim of this study
is to identify possible parameters in dairy cows’ lying behaviour that are the basis for a holistic
computer vision-based system to assess animal health and welfare. Based on expert interviews
and a literature review, we define parameters and their optimum in form of gold standards to
evaluate lying behaviour automatically. These include quantitative parameters such as daily lying
time, lying period length, lying period frequency and qualitative parameters such as extension of
the front and hind legs, standing in the lying cubicles, or total lateral position. The lying behaviour
is an example within the research context for the development of a computer vision-based tool
for automated detection of animal behaviour and appropriate housing design.
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Received: January 31st, 2023 ; Accepted: April 9th, 2023 ; Published: April 27th, 2023 ; Correspondence: fkurras@atb-potsdam.de
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animal welfare, computer vision, dairy cow monitoring, lying behaviour, precision livestock farming, articles