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Evaluation of Wearable Cameras for Monitoring and Analyzing Calf Behavior: A Preliminary Study
| العنوان: | Evaluation of Wearable Cameras for Monitoring and Analyzing Calf Behavior: A Preliminary Study |
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| المؤلفون: | Tomoko Saitoh, Yuko Kato |
| المصدر: | Animals, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 2622 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Veterinary medicine LCC:Zoology |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | ethology, calf, behavioral observations, wearable camera, standing, lying, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100, Zoology, QL1-991 |
| الوصف: | Understanding cattle behavior is important for discerning their health and management status. However, manual observations of cattle are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Moreover, during manual observations, the presence or position of a human observer may alter the normal behavior of the cattle. Wearable cameras are small and lightweight; therefore, they do not disturb cattle behavior when attached to their bodies. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the suitability of wearable cameras for monitoring and analyzing cattle behavior. From December 18 to 27, 2017, this study used four 2-month-old, group-housed Holstein calves at the Field Science Center of the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan. Calf behavior was recorded every 30 s using a wearable camera (HX-A1H, Panasonic, Japan) from 10:00 to 15:30 and observed directly from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00. In addition, the same observer viewed the camera recordings corresponding to the direct observation periods, and the results were compared. The correlation coefficients of all behavioral data from direct and wearable camera video observations were significant (p < 0.01). We conclude that wearable cameras are suitable for observing calf behavior, particularly their posture (standing or lying), as well as their ruminating and feeding behaviors. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2076-2615 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/9/2622; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani11092622 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/dd8bf302c3be4bc1871f2ae2c6fd1c1d |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.8bf302c3be4bc1871f2ae2c6fd1c1d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20762615 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ani11092622 |