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TailTech: Developing an early warning system for pig tail biting

TailTech：开发猪咬尾预警系统

基本信息

批准号：
103945
负责人：
金额：
$ 86.17万
依托单位：
INNOVENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Collaborative R&D
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103945
关键词：
TailTech Developing early warning system

项目摘要

Tail biting in growing pigs is affected by many risk factors, but an outbreak can start without warning or obvious cause. This unpredictable tail biting results in pain and sickness for bitten pigs and severe economic losses for farmers: infection through tail wounds results in abattoir condemnation of meat. Tail docking of piglets is partly effective at reducing tail biting in later life, but is seen as an undesirable mutilation and its routine use is banned in the EU. Our innovative new solution to this long-standing problem begins with the observation that pigs hold their tails down before a damaging tail biting outbreak starts. In an earlier project, we used 3D cameras and developed machine vision software that automatically detects these changes in tail posture. In this project we will build on our promising early feasibility results to develop a prototype decision support system to give farmers early warning of tail biting. Testing it on diverse pig farm types in the UK with both tail docked and undocked pigs, we will assess its welfare and economic benefits for pig producers and breeders. There is considerable domestic demand and export potential for TailTech for use in pig production systems globally. Tackling tail biting and reducing tail docking involves a multi-disciplinary farm to fork approach which is reflected in our project team of Agri-tech engineers, animal scientists, veterinarians and pork supply chain partners.

生长猪咬尾巴受到许多风险因素的影响，但疫情可能在没有警告或明显原因的情况下开始爆发。这种不可预测的咬尾巴导致被咬猪的疼痛和疾病，并给农民造成严重的经济损失：通过尾巴伤口感染导致屠宰场对肉类的谴责。对小猪进行尾巴对接在一定程度上可以减少晚年咬尾巴的情况，但这被视为一种不受欢迎的残害行为，欧盟禁止这种常规使用。对于这个长期存在的问题，我们创新的新解决方案始于观察到猪在破坏性的咬尾巴爆发之前保持尾巴下垂。在早期的一个项目中，我们使用了3D摄像机，并开发了机器视觉软件，可以自动检测尾部姿势的这些变化。在这个项目中，我们将在我们有希望的早期可行性结果的基础上，开发一个原型决策支持系统，为农民提供咬尾巴的早期预警。我们将在英国不同类型的养猪场进行测试，包括停放尾巴和不停放尾巴的猪，我们将评估其为养猪者和养猪者带来的福利和经济效益。TailTech在全球生猪生产系统中有相当大的国内需求和出口潜力。解决咬尾巴和减少尾巴对接涉及多学科的农场到叉子的方法，这反映在我们由农业技术工程师、动物科学家、兽医和猪肉供应链合作伙伴组成的项目团队中。