Parallel sessions
WEDNESDAY 11/09/2024 – 11:45 – 13:00
SESSION 26 – COWS HEALTH & DISEASE DETECTION 2
Sala Italia
Chairman: Daniel Berckmans
Innovative Off-Body Monitoring of Dairy Calves’ Vital Signs for Early Disease Detection: A Thermal Imaging Approach
Maha Yousfi, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Validity of rumination-based health alerts in early lactation
Michael Iwersen, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Provision of automatic milking-system alerts for potential incidence of mastitis: a comparative study between stationary classification and time-series regression modelling
Elsa Vasseur, Mcgill University, Canada
Prototyping PLF algorithms real-time
Thomas Andersen, SEGES Innovation P/S, Denmark
Automatic monitoring of calves’ behaviour for prediction of health and growth performance
Riccardo Colleluori, University of Bologna, Italy
SESSION 27 – GRAZING COWS REMOTE MONITORING
Sala avorio
Chairman: Ludovica Mammi
Validation of an in-field weigh station for recording cattle liveweight
Faysal Mehedi Hasan, The University of Sydney, Australia
Automated cattle segmentation from UAV-based LiDAR point clouds
Yaowu Wang, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Re-learning process in dairy cows pastured with virtual fencing system
Andrea Confessore, University of Florence, Italy
Automated airborne monitoring of livestock using autonomous uninhabited aerial vehicles with vision-based remote sensing
Kaya Kuru, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
SESSION 28 – COMPUTER VISION PIGS POSTURE MONITORING
Sala bianca
Chairman: Carmen Alonso
DeMVpp-YOLO: A lightweight pig behaviour detection model for improving pig health management in farrowing pens
Zhaojin Guo, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Synthetic Data as an optimisation tool for Pose Estimation in pigs
Sarah Juarez, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Real-time Pose Estimation for Suckling Piglets Using Affordable Surveillance Cameras
Zheng He, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sow Confinement and Piglet Safety: can PLF sort out the welfare dilemma?
Francesca Menegon, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy
Evaluation of alternative farrowing pen layouts
Tami Brown-Brandl, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
SESSION 29 – POULTRY MICROCLIMATE
Sala verde
Chairman: Ali Youssef
Effects of a twin shell building and proactive ventilation on energy and water expenditure in a broiler barn
Stephanie Schäfers, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Odour Characterisation of Poultry Red Mites by TD-GC-MS: Potential Application for Early Detection and Monitoring of Infestations in Commercial Laying Hen Farms
Pascalle Deenekamp, Radboud University, Netherlands
Effects of an automatic forced ventilation system on air temperature and litter humidity in turkey barns
Stephanie Schäfers, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Revised Gini coefficient:a new index to evaluate the environmental parameter distribution in poultry buildings
Chao Liang, China
Performance of a Rail-Mounted Robot in Southeastern U.S. Broiler Production House
Shawn Hawkins, The University of Tennessee, United States
SESSION 30 – SHEEP & GOATS
Sala rossa
Chairman: Carlo Bibbiani
Assessment of Preprocessing Factors Impacting the Prediction of Goat Behavior from Accelerometer Data
Daniel Alexander Mendez, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Identification of the best body regions for measuring superficial skin temperature (SST) in Diary Goats exposed to thermal stress
Naod Thomas Masebo, University of Bologna, Italy
Determination of soil carbon content in two contrasting rangeland managements through remote sensing in Chilean Patagonia
Sergio Radic-Schilling, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile
The impact of a “smart water trough” on a sheep and goats smallholder farm
Ilan Halachmi, Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Lab, Israel