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Research on Enhanced Dynamic Pig Counting Based on YOLOv8n and Deep SORT.

Peng Shen¹, Keyu Mei¹, Haori Xue¹

¹North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Langfang 065000, China.

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Summary

This study introduces an improved YOLOv8n-EGV+Deep SORT-P algorithm for accurate dynamic pig counting in farms. The enhanced model significantly boosts counting accuracy and tracking stability, addressing limitations of manual methods.

Keywords:

Deep SORT YOLOv8n multi-object tracking object detection pig counting

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Agricultural technology
Computer vision
Animal science

Background:

Manual pig counting is labor-intensive and inaccurate.
Existing automated methods struggle with detection and tracking challenges like crowding and occlusion.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an enhanced algorithm for accurate and stable dynamic pig counting.
To improve pig target recognition and tracking accuracy in real-world farming environments.

Main Methods:

Integration of ELA attention, GSConv, and VoVGSCSP modules into YOLOv8n for improved detection.
Enhancement of Deep SORT with DenseNet and CIoU for robust tracking.
Validation using pig videos from farm passages.

Main Results:

The improved YOLOv8n-EGV+Deep SORT-P algorithm achieved 92.1% counting accuracy, a 17.5% improvement.
Enhanced Deep SORT-P tracking showed improved MOTA (89.2%) and MOTP (90.4%), with reduced IDSW.
The algorithm demonstrated stable dynamic pig counting in practical settings.

Conclusions:

The proposed algorithm offers a significant advancement over existing methods for dynamic pig counting.
This technology provides valuable data for precision livestock farming and management.
The enhanced system addresses key challenges in automated animal counting.