Vet Vision AI - Computer vision for cattle health and welfare

在世界各地，农民、兽医和行业利益相关者都在努力确保他们的动物健康快乐。然而，从视觉上检查动物需要时间，不经常，而且可能是主观的。这意味着缺乏高质量的数据，这些数据可用于发现问题并对农场进行改进。诺丁汉大学兽医与科学学院的研究人员开发了一种算法，可以在不需要人工输入的情况下帮助衡量牛的健康和福利。我们的解决方案结合了低成本摄像机、计算机视觉和兽医专业知识，自动测量牛的行为、健康和福利，同时只需要最少的农场基础设施。这将为农场管理和奶牛环境提供准确的数据和新颖的见解，这对于做出更好的决策和改善管理至关重要，有利于动物健康和福利。我们的产品还将为农民提供准确的数据，使他们能够证明自己的高标准，并为他们的产品增加价值。在这个项目中，我们将测试和商业化改善奶牛健康、福利和生产力的解决方案。我们将与主要合作伙伴一起测试我们的技术，并将开发新的创新，我们将随后部署。这个项目将使我们能够利用这项令人兴奋的技术，对奶牛的健康和福利产生积极的影响。我们的目标是帮助使牲畜更健康、更快乐，从而提高生产力，减少排放，实现农民、兽医和消费者的双赢。

Around the world, farmers, vets, and industry stakeholders are working hard to ensure their animals are healthy and happy. However, checking animals visually takes time, is infrequent and can be subjective. This means there is a lack of good quality data which could be used to detect problems and make improvements on farm.Research at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at Nottingham University has developed algorithms that help measure cattle health and welfare without any need for manual input. Our solutions combine low-cost cameras, computer vision and veterinary know-how to automatically measure cattle behaviour, health, and welfare whilst requiring minimal infrastructure on farm. These will provide accurate data and novel insights into farm management and the cow's environment which are vital in making better decisions and management improvements that benefit animal health and welfare. Our products will also provide farmers with accurate data allowing them to prove their high standards and add value to what they produce.During this project, we will test and commercialise solutions for improving dairy cow health, welfare, and productivity. We will work with key partners to test our technology and will develop new innovations that we will subsequently deploy.This project will enable us to harness this exciting technology to create a positive impact on dairy cow health and welfare. Our aim is to help enable healthier, happier livestock which are more productive and produce less emissions - a win-win for farmers, vets, and consumers.