Parallel sessions

WEDNESDAY 11/09/2024 – 14:45 – 16:00

SESSION 31 – COMPUTER VISION COWS 2

Sala Italia

Chairman: Patrizia Tassinari

Correcting animal posture on 3Dimages for better high-throughput phenotyping of dairy cow morphology
Clément Allain, Institut de l’Elevage, France

Automated body condition scores at dry-off and through early lactation with milk yield of Holstein cows
Diego Manriquez, Colorado State University, United States

Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms to predict body weight and linear scores of beef calves with 3D imaging
Clément Allain, Institut de l’Elevage, France

3D image preprocessing and feature extraction techniques applied to cattle body traits estimation
Yannis Do, Institut de l’Elevage, France

An end-to-end method for predicting the respiratory rate of dairy cows from RGB videos
Meiqing Wang, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

SESSION 32 – COWS WELFARE & BEHAVIOUR

Sala avorio

Chairman: Alberto Barbaresi

Milking data and lameness: is there a relationship?
Sara Mondini, University of Milan, Italy

Keeping an Eye on Locomotion and Behavior using Computer Vision
Marjaneh Taghavi, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Machine vision technology for automatic behaviour assessment of young bulls in pens
Agathe Cheype, Institut de l’élevage, France

Unlocking the secrets of gait: how kinematics can be used to quantify gait attributes and improve gait scores prediction in dairy cows?
Gabriel Dallago, University of Manitoba, Canada

Non-Invasive Monitoring of Vital Signs in Calves Using Thermal Imaging
Ehsan Sadeghi, University of Twente, Netherlands

SESSION 33 – PIGS PARTURITION AND RESILIENCE

Sala bianca

Chairman: Pol Llonch

Sensor Fusion for Predicting Impaired Resilience in Pigs: Towards an Early Warning System
Mahsa Mohseni, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

The EnergyTag: A Wearable Software Sensor for Online Monitoring of Animal’s Dynamic Energy Expenditure
Jan Aarts, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

A Wearable Software Sensor for Parturition Onset Prediction in Sows
Chiara Lipori, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Exploring the Potential of Symbolic Regression in Precision Livestock Farming
Elisabeth Mayrhuber, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria

Heating Strategies in Farrowing Compartments: Exploring Configurational Options and the Feasibility of Solar System Integration
Oi In Put, ILVO, Belgium

SESSION 34 – COMPUTER VISION DETECTION & ESTIMATION

Sala verde

Chairman: Giorgio Provolo

PICtag: A Practical Approach to Automated Visual Identification of Livestock Animals
Eric Psota, PIC North America, United States

Automated pose estimation for gait analysis in broilers – challenges and insights
István Fodor, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

PigDetect: a diverse and challenging benchmark dataset for the detection of pigs in images
Jonathan Henrich, University of Goettingen, Germany

AI-based analysis of video images from farrowing pens – comparison of state-of-the-art object detection methods in the context of heterogeneous pen structures
Steffen Küster, University Kiel, Germany

Tag ‘n’ Track: Facilitating the Validation of Recent Animal Behaviour Monitoring Tools with Automated Annotation
Serge Alidenkon, University of Rostock, Germany

SESSION 35 – PLF & EMISSIONS 2

Sala rossa

Chairman: Theo Demmers

Validation of the methane production measurement accuracy and ranking capacity of portable accumulation chambers for use with small ruminants
Cécile Levrault, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Adoption of open source software on gas emission and digital twin design of live-stock housing
Kai Liu, China Agriculture University, China

Real time electrochemical ammonia (NH3) sensors performance in a natural ventilation dairy cattle barn
Eduardo Rosa, NEIKER. Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Spain

How spatial autocorrelation and network analysis can support manure management: a regional approach
Raffaele Grieco, University of Bologna, Italy