Advances in Precision Pig Farming Technologies

Farmers around the world are increasingly under pressure to produce enough food to feed a rapidly growing population. As demand for certain food products continues to rise, such as pork, farmers are tasked with the need to increase the size of their herds, whilst also ensuring that the health and welfare of their animals isn’t compromised in doing so. Advances in precision pig farming technologies provides a comprehensive overview of the recent applications of precision livestock farming technologies in pig production, focussing on the deployment of monitoring technologies and data processing techniques to better manage housing, nutrition, health and welfare. The book also reviews recent advances in the use of automated and acoustic technologies for disease detection and diagnosis in pigs. This book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Advances in precision livestock farming (2022). Edited by a world-renowned expert, this book will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in livestock science departments specialising in pigs, farmers, advisers and manufacturers of precision livestock farming technologies, as well as government and other private sector agencies involved in the regulation of new technologies in the agricultural sector. Professor Lisa Collins is Pro Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of Surrey, UK. Prior to this role, she held a variety of leadership roles at the University of Leeds, UK, including Academic Director of the National Pig Centre. Professor Collins is recognised for her work in animal health and welfare as well as the development and application of smarter agricultural systems through multi-disciplinary approaches including technology development, systems modelling and data analytics.