Precision Livestock Pig Farming System for Evaluating Animal Welfare: An Exhaustive Review
Abstract
The term sustainable and moral pig farming methods are becoming more and more important as the need for pork production develops around worldwide. By using cutting-edge technology to monitor, manage and enhance animal welfare, precision livestock farming (PLF) that has emerged as a viable approach to address this issue. Pig farming is a form of animal husbandry that uses domestic pigs are raised and grown to use as livestock. To better understand the ways that present PLF technologies aid in pig welfare assessments, this study set out to investigate that possibility. Pigs are exhibit characteristics distinctive to their species and have more opportunities to behavior linked to exercise with posture, eating as well as drinking, other behaviors, physical state and health were measured. Pig farming is referred to as pig husbandry, to represents the disciplined breeding and care of domestic pigs for a variety of uses, mostly the production of meat. Pigs are carefully managed during all stages of their lives from birth to market or breeding age in that agricultural process. This comprehensive review investigates the use of PLF in assessing and advancing pig farming's animal welfare. A description of the essential elements of PLF systems, such as sensor technology, data analytics and automated monitoring equipment, provides at the initial of the assessment. A review of the study concludes that PLF has the potential to improve animal well-being in pig farming.
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