Automated video analysis of pig activity at pen level highly correlates to human observations of behavioural activities

Livestock Science

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-137

  Ott, S ^a,b   Moons, C P H ^b   Kashiha, M A ^a   Bahr, C ^a   Tuyttens, F A M ^b,c   Berckmans, D ^a   Niewold, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity; Automated monitoring; Behavior; Pig; Video analysis; Welfare

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 84892511656     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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