Future work is to develop a greater database as well as taking into account
other factors, such as size and shape(Doeschl et al., 2004) which are
considered as useful bases to describe the pig growth, body form and
function, and also as possible indicators of muscle volume and lean content,
and environmental parameters for industrial purpose. The final goal is to
develop a pig management system based on the actual performance of the
growing pigs. An automatic image processing system has to be developed,
and images should be taken within the pens without moving pigs to special
booths. This research will increase the efficiency of pig’s production using
the pig growth monitoring system, thereby improving pig performance
without reducing the pig welfare.
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