ABSTRACT
The livestock sector is facing increasing pressure to develop more ‘climate-smart’ methods that can be used to prevent the onset of major diseases, whilst also monitoring the efficiency and environmental impact of livestock production.
Advances in precision livestock farming provides a comprehensive review of recent advances in the development of precision livestock technologies to monitor the health and welfare of animals as well as key areas of production such as housing and feed efficiency. The collection includes chapters on monitoring key health issues such as mastitis, lameness and fertility together with areas such as milking and grazing management.
Edited by a leading researcher in the field, Advances in precision livestock farming will be a standard reference for livestock scientists in universities and research centres, precision farming manufacturers, and government and private sector agencies involved in the regulation of new technologies to improve the health and welfare of livestock
Part 1: Data collection and analysis 1. Developments in wearable sensors for monitoring livestock 2. Developments in thermal imaging techniques to assess livestock health 3. Developments in acoustic techniques to assess livestock health 4. Developments in machine vision techniques to monitor livestock behaviour and health 5. Developments in activity/location technologies for monitoring livestock movement/behaviour 6. Developments in data analysis for decision-making in precision livestock farming systems Part 2: Applications 7. Automated monitoring and control of livestock housing conditions 8. Developments in automated/precision feeding systems for livestock 9. Developments in automated systems for monitoring livestock health: mastitis 10. Developments in automated systems for monitoring livestock health: lameness 11. Developments in automated monitoring of livestock fertility/pregnancy 12. Advances in robotic milking systems 13. Developments in monitoring grazing behaviour and automated grazing management
