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Research on the Behavior Recognition of Beef Cattle Based on the Improved Lightweight CBR-YOLO Model Based on YOLOv8 in Multi-Scene Weather
by
Ye Mu
Ye Mu 1,2,3,4,
Jinghuan Hu
Jinghuan Hu 1,
Heyang Wang
Heyang Wang 1,
Shijun Li
Shijun Li 5,6,
Hang Zhu
Hang Zhu 1,
Lan Luo
Lan Luo 1,
Jinfan Wei
Jinfan Wei 1,
Lingyun Ni
Lingyun Ni 1,
Hongli Chao
Hongli Chao 1,
Tianli Hu
Tianli Hu 1,2,3,4,
Yu Sun
Yu Sun 1,2,3,4,
He Gong
He Gong 1,2,3,4,* and
Ying Guo
Ying Guo 1,2,3,4,*
1
College of Information Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
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Jilin Province Agricultural Internet of Things Technology Collaborative Innovation Center, Changchun 130118, China
3
Jilin Province Intelligent Environmental Engineering Research Center, Changchun 130118, China
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Jilin Province Colleges and Universities and the 13th Five-Year Engineering Research Center, Changchun 130118, China
5
College of Information Technology, Wuzhou University, Wuzhou 543003, China
6
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Machine Vision and Intelligent Control, Wuzhou 543003, China
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Submission received: 6 August 2024
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Revised: 30 August 2024
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Accepted: 25 September 2024
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Published: 27 September 2024
(This article belongs to the Section
Cattle)
Simple Summary
Cattle behavior recognition is an important field in animal husbandry. It can be used to understand the health status, emotions and needs of cattle. In this paper, an accurate and lightweight behavioral multi-detection model is proposed, which is adapted to real weather conditions. An innovation in the head, neck, detection head and loss function of the model is proposed, which improves the accuracy of behavior detection in cattle, and greatly reduces the number of parameters and calculations. It not only has high accuracy in recognition tasks, but is also very friendly to edge devices. This gives breeders insight into cattle behavior, helping them to better manage their herds, improve breeding efficiency and ensure the health and welfare of their cattle.
Abstract
In modern animal husbandry, intelligent digital farming has become the key to improve production efficiency. This paper introduces a model based on improved YOLOv8, Cattle Behavior Recognition-YOLO (CBR-YOLO), which aims to accurately identify the behavior of cattle. We not only generate a variety of weather conditions, but also introduce multi-target detection technology to achieve comprehensive monitoring of cattle and their status. We introduce Inner-MPDIoU Loss and we have innovatively designed the Multi-Convolutional Focused Pyramid module to explore and learn in depth the detailed features of cattle in different states. Meanwhile, the Lightweight Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Detection Head module is proposed to take advantage of deep convolution, achieving a lightweight network architecture and effectively reducing redundant information. Experimental results prove that our method achieves an average accuracy of 90.2% with a reduction of 3.9 G floating-point numbers, an increase of 7.4%, significantly better than 12 kinds of SOTA object detection models. By deploying our approach on monitoring computers on farms, we expect to advance the development of automated cattle monitoring systems to improve animal welfare and farm management.
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Mu, Y.; Hu, J.; Wang, H.; Li, S.; Zhu, H.; Luo, L.; Wei, J.; Ni, L.; Chao, H.; Hu, T.;
et al. Research on the Behavior Recognition of Beef Cattle Based on the Improved Lightweight CBR-YOLO Model Based on YOLOv8 in Multi-Scene Weather. Animals 2024, 14, 2800.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192800
AMA Style
Mu Y, Hu J, Wang H, Li S, Zhu H, Luo L, Wei J, Ni L, Chao H, Hu T,
et al. Research on the Behavior Recognition of Beef Cattle Based on the Improved Lightweight CBR-YOLO Model Based on YOLOv8 in Multi-Scene Weather. Animals. 2024; 14(19):2800.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192800
Chicago/Turabian Style
Mu, Ye, Jinghuan Hu, Heyang Wang, Shijun Li, Hang Zhu, Lan Luo, Jinfan Wei, Lingyun Ni, Hongli Chao, Tianli Hu,
and et al. 2024. "Research on the Behavior Recognition of Beef Cattle Based on the Improved Lightweight CBR-YOLO Model Based on YOLOv8 in Multi-Scene Weather" Animals 14, no. 19: 2800.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192800
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