Development of an automatic detection system of estrus period for cows by complementary use of distance image and video image on plane

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K14844
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Animal production science
• Research Institution: University of Miyazaki
• Principal Investigator: Thi Thi Zin 宮崎大学, 工学部, 教授 (30536959)
• Research Collaborator: KAWANO Hiroyuki 株式会社南日本ネットワーク, 営業部
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 繁殖 / 発情期自動検知 / 個体識別

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we aimed to develop an automatic detection system of estrus period for cows by complementary use of distance image and video image. Although the detection rate largely depends on the situation, it was confirmed through experiments that the accuracy is higher than the conventional method including nighttime. In addition, we have proposed a new algorithm to identify and track cow's individuals for the automatic detection and identification of the cow in estrus behavior, and confirmed its effectiveness through experiments at ranches.

Free Research Field

農学