Mapping welfare
location determining techniques and their potential for managing cattle welfare - a reviewMapping welfare
location determining techniques and their potential for managing cattle welfare - a reviewSamenvatting
Several studies have suggested that precision livestock farming (PLF) is a useful tool foranimal welfare management and assessment. Location, posture and movement of an individual are key elements in identifying the animal and recording its behaviour. Currently, multiple technologies are available for automated monitoring of the location of individual animals, ranging from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to ultra-wideband (UWB), RFID, wireless sensor networks (WSN) and even computer vision. These techniques and developments all yield potential to manage and assess animal welfare, but also have their constraints, such as range and accuracy. Combining sensors such as accelerometers with any location determining technique into a sensor fusion systemcan give more detailed information on the individual cow, achieving an even more reliable and accurate indication of animal welfare. We conclude that location systems are a promising approach to determining animal welfare, especially when applied in conjunction with additional sensors, but additional research focused on the use of technology in animal welfare monitoring is needed.
Organisatie | HAS Green Academy |
Lectoraat | Precision Livestock Farming |
Gepubliceerd in | Dairy MDPI, [S.l.], Vol. 3, Uitgave: 4, Pagina's: 776-788 |
Datum | 2022-10-29 |
Type | Artikel |
ISSN | 2624-862X |
DOI | 10.3390/dairy3040053 |
Taal | Engels |