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Automatic Recognition and Quantification Feeding Behaviors of Nursery Pigs Using Improved YOLOV5 and Feeding Functional Area Proposals.

Yizhi Luo, Jinjin Xia, Huazhong Lu, Haowen Luo, Enli Lv, Zhixiong Zeng, Bin Li, Fanming Meng, Aqing Yang

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Yizhi LuoInstitute of Facility Agriculture, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8362-5481
Jinjin XiaCollege of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Huazhong LuState Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangzhou 510645, China.
Haowen LuoInstitute of Facility Agriculture, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Enli LvState Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangzhou 510645, China.
Zhixiong ZengCollege of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Bin LiState Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangzhou 510645, China.
Fanming MengState Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangzhou 510645, China.
Aqing YangCollege of Computer Science, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China.
Poultry Research Institute · CNSouth China Agricultural University · CNGuangdong Polytechnic Normal University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry (ZQQZ-25),(2023QZ-NK16)Guangzhou Science and Technology Planning Project 2023A04J0127National Natural Science Foundation of China 32202733Project of Educational Commission of Guangdong Province of China 2021KQNCX044The Project of Collaborative Innovation Center of GDAAS-XTXM202201 (Research on environmental regulation and optimization of planting and breeding facilities in South China XT202203
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Abstract

A novel method is proposed based on the improved YOLOV5 and feeding functional area proposals to identify the feeding behaviors of nursery piglets in a complex light and different posture environment. The method consists of three steps: first, the corner coordinates of the feeding functional area were set up by using the shape characteristics of the trough proposals and the ratio of the corner point to the image width and height to separate the irregular feeding area; second, a transformer module model was introduced based on YOLOV5 for highly accurate head detection; and third, the feeding behavior was recognized and counted by calculating the proportion of the head in the located feeding area. The pig head dataset was constructed, including 5040 training sets with 54,670 piglet head boxes, and 1200 test sets, and 25,330 piglet head boxes. The improved model achieves a 5.8% increase in the mAP and a 4.7% increase in the F1 score compared with the YOLOV5s model. The model is also applied to analyze the feeding pattern of group-housed nursery pigs in 24 h continuous monitoring and finds that nursing pigs have different feeding rhythms for the day and night, with peak feeding periods at 7:00-9:00 and 15:00-17:00 and decreased feeding periods at 12:00-14:00 and 0:00-6:00. The model provides a solution for identifying and quantifying pig feeding behaviors and offers a data basis for adjusting the farm feeding scheme.

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behavioral quantificationfeeding behavior recognitionfunctional area proposalsnursery pigstransformer

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