Precision Livestock Farming in Dairy Herds: Sensor-Derived Lameness Detection Against Locomotion Scoring

Authors

  • Egon Kappel Department of Dairy Science, Sydfyn Centre for Digital Agriculture, Faaborg, Denmark Author
  • Christoph Locher-Wys Centre for Animal Welfare, Klettgau Institute of Agro-Informatics, Neunkirch, Switzerland Author
  • Bojana Golob-Zag Department of Veterinary Epidemiology, Prekmurje Institute of Agro-Informatics, Murska Sobota, Slovenia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664498

Keywords:

Precision Livestock Farming in Dairy Herds; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

Precision Livestock Farming in Dairy Herds has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can actually
use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for precision livestock farming in
dairy herds, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely
settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks
better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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