An Approach of On-barn Pig Weight Estimation via 3D Computer Vision by Kinect V2

Abstract. Monitoring the individual body weight is of great importance for pig health management and pig production systems. The objective of this paper was to achieve the estimation of live body weight without contact and stress on animals. The proposed approach was based on 3D data provided by the Microsoft Kinect V2. The camera was placed over the pen in which the pigs lived freely, rather than…