Real-Time Extensive Livestock Monitoring Using LPWAN Smart Wearable and Infrastructure
Applied Sciences, 2021 Extensive unsupervised livestock farming is a habitual technique in many places around the globe. Animal release can be done for months, in large areas and with different species packing and behaving very differently. Nevertheless, the farmer’s needs are
Roberto Casas +4 more
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The impact of stress and anesthesia on animal models of infectious disease
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Stress and general anesthesia have an impact on the functional response of the organism due to the detrimental effects on cardiovascular, immunological, and metabolic function, which could limit the organism's response to an infectious event.
Rachel Layton +5 more
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On the Development of a Wearable Animal Monitor
Animals, 2022 Animal monitoring is a task traditionally performed by pastoralists, as a way of ensuring the safety and well-being of animals; a tremendously arduous and lonely task, it requires long walks and extended periods of contact with the animals.
Luís Fonseca +3 more
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Multi-Cat Monitoring System Based on Concept Drift Adaptive Machine Learning Architecture
Sensors, 2023 In multi-cat households, monitoring individual cats’ various behaviors is essential for diagnosing their health and ensuring their well-being. This study focuses on the defecation and urination activities of cats, and introduces an adaptive cat ...
Yonggi Cho +7 more
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Ethoflow: Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence-Based Software for Automatic Behavior Analysis
Sensors, 2021 Manual monitoring of animal behavior is time-consuming and prone to bias. An alternative to such limitations is using computational resources in behavioral assessments, such as tracking systems, to facilitate accurate and long-term evaluations.
Rodrigo Cupertino Bernardes +4 more
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Animals, 2022 The monitoring of animals under human care is a crucial tool for biologists and zookeepers to keep track of the animals’ physical and psychological health.
Matthias Zuerl +13 more
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Occurrence of ESKAPE Bacteria Group in Dogs, and the Related Zoonotic Risk in Animal-Assisted Therapy, and in Animal-Assisted Activity in the Health Context [PDF]
, 2020 Animal-assisted interventions are widely implemented in different contexts worldwide. Particularly, animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities are often implemented in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities.
Fioretti, Alessandro +3 more
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Regulation of Meat Duck Activeness through Photoperiod Based on Deep Learning
Animals, 2023 The regulation of duck physiology and behavior through the photoperiod holds significant importance for enhancing poultry farming efficiency. To clarify the impact of the photoperiod on group-raised duck activeness and quantify duck activeness, this ...
Enze Duan +5 more
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Phase-Type Distributions of Animal Trajectories with Random Walks
Mathematics, 2023 Animal monitoring systems often rely on expensive and challenging GPS-based systems to obtain accurate trajectories. However, an alternative approach is to generate synthetic trajectories that exhibit similar statistical properties to real trajectories ...
Rodolfo Vera-Amaro +2 more
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Computer Vision for Detection of Body Posture and Behavior of Red Foxes
Animals, 2022 The behavior of animals is related to their health and welfare status. The latter plays a particular role in animal experiments, where continuous monitoring is essential for animal welfare.
Anne K. Schütz +7 more
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