A Precision Livestock Farming Technique from Breeding to Slaughter: Infrared Thermography in Pig Farming

Infrared thermography is a contactless imaging technique, useful for measuring surface temperature at distance, which has been widely applied in animal production. The possible applications within the pig husbandry include sow heat detection, the reduction in the incidence of neonatal mortality, the...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 14; no. 13; p. 5780
Main Authors Redaelli, Veronica, Zaninelli, Mauro, Martino, Pieranna, Luzi, Fabio, Costa, Leonardo Nanni
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2024
Subjects
Animal husbandry
Body temperature
breeding
Cameras
Efficiency
Farms
Feeds
Foot & mouth disease
Heat detection
Hogs
Hypothermia
Infections
infrared imaging
Mortality
Ovulation
pig farming
Radiation
Skin
slaughter
Software
Thermography
transport
Viral infections
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ISSN2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI10.3390/app14135780

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Summary:Infrared thermography is a contactless imaging technique, useful for measuring surface temperature at distance, which has been widely applied in animal production. The possible applications within the pig husbandry include sow heat detection, the reduction in the incidence of neonatal mortality, the recognition of the febrile state caused by pathogens, the study of metabolic efficiency, the evaluation of stress caused by heat, by constraints, or by aggressive interaction, and meat quality prediction. Even if this technique could be easily influenced by environmental factors, the continuous improvement in the procedures and the decrease in the cost of the equipment will allow for new and more applications in swine farming in the future.
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ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app14135780