AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography
Abstract Digital dermatitis (DD) is a common foot disease that can cause lameness, decreased milk production and fertility decline in cows. The prediction and early detection of DD can positively impact animal welfare and profitability of the dairy industry. This study applies deep learning-based co...
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| author | Marcelo Feighelstein Amir Mishael Tamir Malka Jennifer Magana Dinu Gavojdian Anna Zamansky Amber Adams-Progar |
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| description | Abstract Digital dermatitis (DD) is a common foot disease that can cause lameness, decreased milk production and fertility decline in cows. The prediction and early detection of DD can positively impact animal welfare and profitability of the dairy industry. This study applies deep learning-based computer vision techniques for early onset detection and prediction of DD using infrared thermography (IRT) data. We investigated the role of various inputs for these tasks, including thermal images of cow feet, statistical color features extracted from IRT images, and manually registered temperature values. Our models achieved performances of above 81% accuracy on DD detection on ‘day 0’ (first appearance of clinical signs), and above 70% accuracy prediction of DD two days prior to the first appearance of clinical signs. Moreover, current findings indicate that the use of IRT images in conjunction with AI based predictors show real potential for developing future real-time automated tools to monitoring DD in dairy cows. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f9da01480e4440909dbb7552a399c58b2024-12-08T12:28:06ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-12-011411710.1038/s41598-024-80902-4AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermographyMarcelo Feighelstein0Amir Mishael1Tamir Malka2Jennifer Magana3Dinu Gavojdian4Anna Zamansky5Amber Adams-Progar6University of HaifaTechnion,Technion,Washington State UniversityResearch and Development Institute for BovineUniversity of HaifaWashington State UniversityAbstract Digital dermatitis (DD) is a common foot disease that can cause lameness, decreased milk production and fertility decline in cows. The prediction and early detection of DD can positively impact animal welfare and profitability of the dairy industry. This study applies deep learning-based computer vision techniques for early onset detection and prediction of DD using infrared thermography (IRT) data. We investigated the role of various inputs for these tasks, including thermal images of cow feet, statistical color features extracted from IRT images, and manually registered temperature values. Our models achieved performances of above 81% accuracy on DD detection on ‘day 0’ (first appearance of clinical signs), and above 70% accuracy prediction of DD two days prior to the first appearance of clinical signs. Moreover, current findings indicate that the use of IRT images in conjunction with AI based predictors show real potential for developing future real-time automated tools to monitoring DD in dairy cows.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80902-4 |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Feighelstein Amir Mishael Tamir Malka Jennifer Magana Dinu Gavojdian Anna Zamansky Amber Adams-Progar AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography Scientific Reports |
| title | AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| title_full | AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| title_fullStr | AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| title_full_unstemmed | AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| title_short | AI-based prediction and detection of early-onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| title_sort | ai based prediction and detection of early onset of digital dermatitis in dairy cows using infrared thermography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80902-4 |
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