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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Automatic Detection Method of Dairy Cow Feeding Behaviour Based on YOLO Improved Model and Edge Computing.

Zhenwei Yu, Yuehua Liu, Sufang Yu, Ruixue Wang, Zhanhua Song, Yinfa Yan, Fade Li, Zhonghua Wang, Fuyang Tian

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. CAMLLA-YOLOv8n: Cow Behavior Recognition Based on Improved YOLOv8n.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhenwei YuCollege of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6264-1183
Yuehua LiuShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Machineries and Equipment, Tai'an 271018, China.
Sufang YuCollege of Life Sciences, Shangdong Agriculture University, Tai'an 271018, China.
Ruixue WangChinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.
Zhanhua SongCollege of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.
Yinfa YanCollege of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6417-9666
Fade LiCollege of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.
Zhonghua WangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Shangdong Agriculture University, Tai'an 271018, China.
Fuyang TianCollege of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4103-2079
Shandong Agricultural University · CNShangdong Agriculture and Engineering University · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences · CNShandong Special Equipment Inspection Institute · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32072786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The feeding behaviour of cows is an essential sign of their health in dairy farming. For the impression of cow health status, precise and quick assessment of cow feeding behaviour is critical. This research presents a method for monitoring dairy cow feeding behaviour utilizing edge computing and deep learning algorithms based on the characteristics of dairy cow feeding behaviour. Images of cow feeding behaviour were captured and processed in real time using an edge computing device. A DenseResNet-You Only Look Once (DRN-YOLO) deep learning method was presented to address the difficulties of existing cow feeding behaviour detection algorithms' low accuracy and sensitivity to the open farm environment. The deep learning and feature extraction enhancement of the model was improved by replacing the CSPDarknet backbone network with the self-designed DRNet backbone network based on the YOLOv4 algorithm using multiple feature scales and the Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPP) structure to enrich the scale semantic feature interactions, finally achieving the recognition of cow feeding behaviour in the farm feeding environment. The experimental results showed that DRN-YOLO improved the accuracy, recall, and mAP by 1.70%, 1.82%, and 0.97%, respectively, compared to YOLOv4. The research results can effectively solve the problems of low recognition accuracy and insufficient feature extraction in the analysis of dairy cow feeding behaviour by traditional methods in complex breeding environments, and at the same time provide an important reference for the realization of intelligent animal husbandry and precision breeding.

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AlgorithmsFeeding BehaviorAnimalsCattleFarmsFemaleRecognition, PsychologySemanticsdairy cowdeep learningDRN-YOLOedge computingfeeding behaviour recognition

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PMID35590962
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