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This study introduces an efficient AI model for recognizing cattle behaviors like standing, lying, and eating. The lightweight system enables real-time monitoring for improved animal welfare and early disease detection in livestock.

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Area of Science:

  • Animal Science
  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Accurate monitoring of cattle behavior is vital for detecting diseases and assessing welfare.
  • Changes in standing, lying, and eating durations signal health issues like lameness and metabolic disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a low-cost, non-invasive, real-time cattle behavior recognition system.
  • To create a lightweight AI model suitable for resource-constrained edge devices.

Main Methods:

  • An improved YOLOv11n architecture was utilized, incorporating GELAN for multi-scale feature integration and MCA for enhanced feature extraction.
  • Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network (BiFPN) was used for efficient cross-scale fusion, with Depthwise Separable Convolution (DWConv) reducing computational load.
  • The model was compressed using Layer-adaptive Magnitude-based Pruning (LAMP).

Main Results:

  • The model achieved high recognition accuracy: 91.2% (standing), 91.0% (lying), and 93.9% (eating) mAP@0.5.
  • Post-compression, the model has 1.06 million parameters, 6.3 GFLOPS, and a 2.4 MB weight size, retaining 90.7% mAP@0.5.
  • The system demonstrates suitability for edge deployment, offering practical continuous cattle monitoring.

Conclusions:

  • The developed lightweight AI model provides an efficient solution for real-time cattle behavior recognition.
  • This technology supports precision livestock farming, enabling early health interventions and enhancing animal welfare.
  • The system's efficiency makes it ideal for deployment on edge devices for continuous monitoring in livestock management.