FACIAL RECOGNITION MAY SOON HELP MONITOR WELFARE OF FARM PIGS
April 1st, 2019
Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) are developing facial recognition technology that can help farmers assess the emotional and physical well-being of pigs. So far, studies have demonstrated 97% accuracy in identifying individual pigs using only the face, senior researcher in animal behaviour and welfare at SRUC, Dr Emma Baxter, told GlobalMeatNews. “We consider [this success rate] proof of concept and we are further optimising the model to ensure it manages detection over time,” she said.
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