Detecting Animal Contacts—A Deep Learning-Based Pig Detection and Tracking Approach for the Quantification of Social Contacts

Detecting Animal Contacts—A Deep Learning-Based Pig Detection and Tracking Approach for the Quantification of Social Contacts

The identification of social interactions is of fundamental importance for animal behavioral studies, addressing numerous problems like investigating the influence of social hierarchical structures or the drivers of agonistic behavioral disorders. However, the majority of previous studies often rely...

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Main Authors: Martin Wutke, Felix Heinrich, Pronaya Prosun Das, Anita Lange, Maria Gentz, Imke Traulsen, Friederike K. Warns, Armin Otto Schmitt, Mehmet Gültas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
pig detection
pig tracking
convolutional neural network
Kalman filter
precision livestock farming
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7512

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