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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024

Behavior Tracking and Analyses of Group-Housed Pigs Based on Improved ByteTrack.

Shuqin Tu, Haoxuan Ou, Liang Mao, Jiaying Du, Yuefei Cao, Weidian Chen

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Shuqin TuCollege of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5844-2360
Haoxuan OuCollege of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Liang MaoInstitute of Applied Artificial Intelligence of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Jiaying DuCollege of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Yuefei CaoCollege of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Weidian ChenCollege of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.

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Abstract

Daily behavioral analysis of group-housed pigs provides critical insights into early warning systems for pig health issues and animal welfare in smart pig farming. In this study, our main objective was to develop an automated method for monitoring and analyzing the behavior of group-reared pigs to detect health problems and improve animal welfare promptly. We have developed the method named Pig-ByteTrack. Our approach addresses target detection, Multi-Object Tracking (MOT), and behavioral time computation for each pig. The YOLOX-X detection model is employed for pig detection and behavior recognition, followed by Pig-ByteTrack for tracking behavioral information. In 1 min videos, the Pig-ByteTrack algorithm achieved Higher Order Tracking Accuracy (HOTA) of 72.9%, Multi-Object Tracking Accuracy (MOTA) of 91.7%, identification F1 Score (IDF1) of 89.0%, and ID switches (IDs) of 41. Compared with ByteTrack and TransTrack, the Pig-ByteTrack achieved significant improvements in HOTA, IDF1, MOTA, and IDs. In 10 min videos, the Pig-ByteTrack achieved the results with 59.3% of HOTA, 89.6% of MOTA, 53.0% of IDF1, and 198 of IDs, respectively. Experiments on video datasets demonstrate the method's efficacy in behavior recognition and tracking, offering technical support for health and welfare monitoring of pig herds.

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behavioral analysis algorithmlong-term video trackingmulti-object tracking (MOT)Pig-ByteTrack

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