Interview: Integrating computer vision with pig welfare

25-05-2022 | |
Dr Michael T. Mendl is a professor of animal behaviour and welfare at Bristol Veterinary School in the UK. He did his PhD at the University of Cambridge in behavioural development. In addition to teaching and supervising graduate students, Mendl currently leads the BBSRC-UFAW Animal Welfare Research Network. He is also a member of the UKRI Future Leader Fellowships Panel College and sits on two grant panels. - Photo: Michael T. Mendl
Dr Michael T. Mendl is a professor of animal behaviour and welfare at Bristol Veterinary School in the UK. He did his PhD at the University of Cambridge in behavioural development. In addition to teaching and supervising graduate students, Mendl currently leads the BBSRC-UFAW Animal Welfare Research Network. He is also a member of the UKRI Future Leader Fellowships Panel College and sits on two grant panels. - Photo: Michael T. Mendl
Professor Michael T. Mendl has been interested in animals and animal behaviour since he was a child. Now he is a professor at Bristol Veterinary School in the UK and has delved into the question of how computer vision can help identify pig behaviour. ​ During another year of his cutting-edge research, Prof Michael T. Mendl will present a talk at the 2022 edition of the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) congress in Rio de Janeiro in June. He will discuss the challenges of attemptin


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