Automated monitoring of feeding and drinking patterns in growing-finishing pigs: towards a warning system for performance, health and welfare problems in individual pigs KU Leuven
A pig farmer aims to maximize profit whilst maintaining the health and welfare status of the animals at optimal level. This requires adequate follow-up of each individual animal to spot and treat upcoming or present health, welfare and productivity problems. Currently, this follow-up is done through visual observation of the animals. However, with the economically-driven trends towards larger farms and larger groups of pigs in one pen, this ...