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Feed bunk score images classification using deep transfer learning
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DOI：10.1007/s11760-025-04670-y.png)
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Suboptimal feed bunk management in feedlot cattle, currently reliant on subjective manual and visual methods, significantly compromises animal health, production, and economic efficiency. The present paper proposes an objective method for feed bunk evaluation through the application of deep learning-based Convolutional Neural Networks. We trained the models using the images from the publicly available Feed Bunk Score Images dataset, composed of 1,511 images annotated according to the South Dakota State University score system. We proposed a specific fine-tuning configuration for this problem, freezing certain layers for each network evaluated. To improve the results, we combined the best configuration from each network into a weighted average ensemble. To find the weights that best combine the networks for the score classification problem we applied the Simulated Annealing metaheuristic. Furthermore, another contribution is the evaluation of image classification according to diet adjustments (increase, maintenance or decrease). The ensemble demonstrated high efficacy, achieving an overall accuracy of 95.37% for feed bunk score classification and an impressive 97.88% for diet adjustment classification. These results show the potential of using neural networks to support the feed bunk management practices.
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Animal nutrition
Feed bunk score
Computer vision
Neural networks
Precision livestock
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