Parallel sessions

TUESDAY 10/09/2024 – 15:45 – 17:00

SESSION 11 – COMPUTER VISION COWS 1

Sala Italia

Chairman: Tomas Norton

Reading ear-tags from a live-stream for real-time animal identification.
Ina Hulsegge, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands 

A non-invasive cattle identification for precision livestock farming
Anna Chlingaryan, The University of Sydney, Australia

 Real time identification of individual dairy cows through computer vision
Claudia Giannone, University of Bologna, Italy 

Development of a tracking-by-classification method for identifying and tracking Holstein cows in a free-stall barn environment
Boris Zandona, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

Siamese Networks for identification of Holstein cattle during growth and across different physiological stages
Ariana Negreiro, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

SESSION 12 – COWS HEAT STRESS

Sala avorio

Chairman: Marco Bovo

A case study on the effect of extended heat stress windows and the behavioral response of dairy cows
Daniela Lovarelli, University of Milan, Italy

 Changes in data from automated milk feeders in dairy pre-weaned calves with regard to heat stress
Daniela Klein-Jöbstl, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria

 Effects of heat stress on the activity of calves
Malina Flessner, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria

 Milk yield and behavioural changes during a hot period on a commercial dairy farm
Judith Roelofs, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

 HoliCow – tool and global decisions to detect resilient heat stress cows
Laura M. Dale, Regional Association for Performance and Quality Inspection in Animal Breeding of Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany

SESSION 13 – PIGS DRINKING & FEEDING BEHAVIOUR

Sala bianca

Chairman: Shawn Hawkins

Evaluation of an image classifier for estimating feed intake and feeding behavior in weaned piglets
Thomas Van De Putte, Ghent University, Belgium 

Detection of undesired events in finisher pigs with water usage and weather data
Mariska van-der-Voort, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands 

Identification of aberrant drinking behavior of grow-finishing pigs
Sudhendu Sharma, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States 

Identifying heat stress patterns in tunnel and naturally ventilated systems
Felipe Picchi, Iowa State University, United States 

Growth performance insights of fattening pigs in view of better PLF
Lluís Miquel Pla, Agrotecnio CERCA Center, Spain

SESSION 14 – DATA ANALYSIS MODELLING

Sala verde

Chairman: Barbara Padalino

Cross-species knowledge sharing for improved animal activity recognition with limited labelled data
Axiu Mao, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

An Internet of Things system to monitor environmental conditions in livestock housing
Giorgio Provolo, University of Milan, Italy 

Advancing precision livestock farming through ontology-driven interoperable health data management: Extending the Livestock Health Ontology (LHO) for enhanced disease surveillance
Saba Noor, Ghent University, Belgium 

A sensor to measure cattle vocalizations for welfare monitoring at the slaughterhouse
Pol Llonch, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain 

Advancing pig traceability at a Norwegian slaughterhouse: a six-month evaluation of automated tattoo reading
Andrea Capobianco Dondona, Farm4trade Srl, Italy

SESSION 15 – HORSES

Sala rossa

Chairman: Emanuela Dalla Costa

Automated Pain Recognition in Horses from Facial Images
Marcelo Feighelstein, University of Haifa, Israel 

Effects of chiropractic on horse welfare: a pilot study using smart technologies
Beatrice Benedetti, University of Bologna, Bologna 

Hierarchical models to account for uncertain identification in precision livestock farming and phenotyping
Juan Steibel, Iowa State University, United States 

Utilizing GPS devices and remote sensing data to characterize grazing patterns and terrain occupancy of Hispano-Breton mares in the Spanish Pyrenees
Javier Plaza, University of Salamanca, Spain

WORKSHOP “REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING:
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURACY IN CONTINUOUS DATA” (ORGANIZED BY CYNOMYS)