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ArticleBiology2026

Estimation of Ewe Live Weight and Carcass Traits Using Advanced Hybrid Deep Learning and Multimodal Feature Fusion.

Ahmad Shalaldeh, Majeed Safa, Chris Logan, Mohmmad Othman

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Article in Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ahmad ShalaldehDepartment of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technology, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Al Salat 19111, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-6171-7150
Majeed SafaFaculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-8670-6156
Chris LoganFaculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand.
Mohmmad OthmanSchool of Health Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand.

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Abstract

The non-invasive determination of live weight and body composition of ewes is an important element in ensuring precision livestock management and animal well-being. Traditional practices tend to be subjective, labor-intensive, or rely on expensive medical imaging such as Computed Tomography (CT). This paper proposes a new hybrid deep learning method to predict live weight and carcass traits in Coopworth ewes. The dataset of 1184 images taken from 156 ewes was analyzed and compared using a hybrid model (ResNet18 with Multi-Layer Perceptron through simple concatenation) and two more advanced models: Attention-Guided Feature Fusion Network (AGFF-Net) based on cross-modal attention and a Vision Transformer-based Hybrid Regressor (ViT-HR). Auxiliary tabular variables are the Body Condition Score (BCS) and size category. The Transformer architecture predicts (R

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carcass traitshybrid deep learninglive weightmulti-layer perceptronResNet18self-attentiontransformer architecture

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