AI-enabled vision systems can provide automated monitoring of animal welfare at processing plants, providing standardized, objective, and quantifiable data. This presentation will explore the features of systems currently in use and those under development, as well as the valuable insights these data can provide to both livestock producers and meat processors.
Yolande Seddon is an associate professor in swine behaviour and welfare and the Enhancement Chair in Swine Welfare at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Her academic training is in applied ethology (animal behaviour) and the scientific assessment of animal welfare. She conducts research to help develop lasting solutions to the swine welfare challenges in modern pork production. Her areas of research include management of gestating sows in group-housing, the economics of higher welfare free-farrowing systems, weaner transport, environmental enrichment, assessment of swine welfare. Yolande is a member of the Code of Practice 2024 review scientific committee.