Online warning systems for individual fattening pigs based on their feeding pattern Ghent University KU Leuven
For sustainable pork production and maximum pig welfare, all health, welfare and productivity problems in the barn should be detected as early as possible. In this paper, an automated monitoring and warning system is proposed. Based on measurements of the feeding pattern, it is able to generate daily alerts for individual fattening pigs. Using historical data, the following types of warning systems were developed: (1) fixed limits that treat all ...