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Development of an Automated Pain Facial Expression Detection System for Sheep (Ovis Aries).
McLennan, Krista M. Mahmoud, Marwa
McLennan, Krista M.
Mahmoud, Marwa
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2019-04-25
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Detecting signs of pain in sheep is a challenging problem, as they are a prey species and would usually try to hide any signs that they are unwell or injured. This means that treating ill or injured sheep and preventing any further spread of contagious diseases such as footrot can be slow. The recent development and publication of a Sheep Pain Facial Expression Scale (SPFES) has provided a tool to reliably detect pain in this species. However, due to the increase in intensification in farming and larger flock sizes being cared for by individual farmers, there is less time to spend monitoring sheep for changes in behaviour that may indicate illness or injury. Having an automated system that could detect changes in the facial expression of individual sheep would mean that farmers could receive information directly about particular individuals that need assessment. This would allow treatment to be provided in a timely and direct manner, reducing suffering. We have been developing the SPFES further in order for it to become an automated system. In this paper, we present our novel framework that integrates SPFES concepts with automatic facial expression analysis technologies.
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McLennan, K. & Mahmoud, M. (2019). Development of an Automated Pain Facial Expression Detection System for Sheep (Ovis Aries). Animals, 9(4), 196.
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Animals
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2076-2615