Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum 2023


Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
September 11 - 15, 2023





Session: A02-05: Terrestrial bio-acoustics - Part II
Date: Thursday 14 September 2023
Time: 08:40 - 09:00
Title: Methodology Description of a Real-Environment Commercial Farm to Analyse Cattle Vocalisations
Author(s): M. Castro, Department of Animal and Food Science - UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
L. Duboc, HER – Human Environment Research, La Salle – URL, c/Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
M. Freixes, Department of Engineering, La Salle Universitat Ramon Llull, C/ Quatre Camins 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
G.J. Ginovart-Panisello, HER – Human Environment Research, La Salle – URL, c/Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
R. Guevara, AWEC Advisors S.L., Parc de Recerca de la UAB, Av. Can Domènech S/N, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
C. Larrondo, AWEC Advisors S.L. Parc de Recerca de la UAB, Av. Can Domènech S/N,, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
P. Llonch, Department of Animal and Food Science - UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
E. Mainau, AWEC Advisors S.L., Parc de Recerca de la UAB, Av. Can Domènech S/N, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
J. Malé, HER – Human Environment Research, La Salle – URL, c/Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
J. Miranda, Department of Animal and Food Science - UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Spain
E. Vidaña-Vila, HER - Human Environment Research, La Salle - URL, Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
R.M. Alsina-Pagès, HER - Human Environment Research, La Salle - URL, Quatre Camins, 30, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Pages: 4343-4346
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.1237
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/001237.pdf
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Abstract

Animal welfare is an essential concern for our society. Now, various studies show that animal welfare also has an impact on the growth and the reproductive potential of animals, as well as on their productivity. The vocalizations of the cows can be used to infer their well-being, and they can be measured in real time with acoustic sensors, which have a moderate cost and are connected to the cloud. This article details different test pilots in distinct farms, with the goal of observing cow’s vocalizations in various situations: i) labor ii) cow herding, and iii) early detection of coughs and respiratory illnesses. The approaches to be carried out are different depending on the herds and the type of cows monitored. This article describes the elements to be considered for a good preliminary deployment of the technology, which will allow the capture of data and recordings in pilot studies. The aim of this work is to provide a good estimation of what a permanent installation should look like for an automatic and continuous detection of well-being through the cow’s vocalizations.