PIG FACE IDENTIFICATION

Current identification of individual animals on farms is limited to RFID tags. These are stressful to the animal and the radio systems themselves often interfere with one another.

In collaboration with SRUC, Manchester University, AB-Agri and funded by SARIC, CMV is developing a system for the identification of individual pigs using their faces instead of RFID tags. This passive and non-invasive technology can accurately identify a pig as they approach the water, allowing measurements to be assigned

to individuals (eg weight). This will help classify farm animals so each one is independently recognised by a vision system.