NUtrack Publications

US Patents:

  • Materials and methods for long-term tracking of group-housed livestock. Psota, E. T., T. B. Schmidt, L. Pérez, and B. Mote. 2023. US Patent Number: 18,001,965. Publication Date: 2023/7/20
  • Animal detection based on detection and association of parts. NUtrack Livestock Monitoring System. Psota, E. T., T. B. Schmidt, L. Perez, and B. Mote. 2023. US Patent Number: 11393088. Publication Date: 2023/3/23.
  • System for tracking individual animals in a group-housed environment NUtrack Livestock Monitoring System. Psota, L. Perez, M. Mittek, and T. B. Schmidt. 2020. US Patent Number: 10,796,142. Publication Date: 2020/10/3.

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

  • Millburn, S., T. B. Schmidt, G. Rohrer and B. E. Mote. 2023. Identifying Early-Life Behavior to Predict Mothering Ability in Swine Utilizing NUtrack System
  • Obermier, D., M. Trenahile-Grannemann, T. B. Schmidt, ., Rathje, T. and Mote, B. E. 2023. Utilizing NUtrack to Access the Activity Levels in Pigs with Varying Degrees of Genetic Potential for Growth and Feed Intake. doi.org/10.3390/ani13020246
  • Bortoluzzi, E. M., M. J. Goering, S. J. Ochoa, A. J. Holliday, J. J. Mumm, C. E. Nelson, H. Wu, B. W. Mote, E. T. Psota, T. B. Schmidt, M. Jaberi-Douraki, and L. E. Hulbert. 2023. Evaluation of Precision Livestock Technology and Human Scoring of Nursery Pigs in a Controlled Immune Challenge Experiment. Animals, 13(2), 246. doi.org/10.3390/ani13020246
  • Schmidt, T. B., J. M. Lancaster, E. Psota, B. E. Mote, L. E. Hulbert, A. Holliday, R. Woiwode, and L. C. Perez. 2022. Evaluation of a novel computer vision-based livestock monitoring system to identify and track specific behaviors of individual nursery pigs within a group-housed environment. Translational Anim. Sci. 6:3, 1 -10. doi.org/10.1093/tas/txac082
  • Psota, E. T., T. B. Schmidt, and B. Mote. 2020. Long-Term Tracking of Group-Housed Livestock Using Keypoint Detection and MAP Estimation for Individual Animal Identification. 2020. Sensors 20(13), 3670. doi.org/10.3390/s20133670.
  • Psota, E. T., M. Mittek, L. C. Pérez, T. B. Schmidt, B. Mote. 2019. Multi-part detection and association with a fully convolutional network. Sensors (v19, 4) 852-856.
  • Mittek, M., E. Psota, J. Carlson, L. Pérez, T. B. Schmidt, and B. Mote. 2017.Tracking Group-Housed Pigs using Multi-Ellipsoid Maximization. IET Computer Vision

Abstracts:

  • Obermier, D. R., T. Rathje, T. B. Schmidt, B. E. Mote. 2022. The Impact of Sire EBV for Growth and Feed Intake on Pig Activity Level Using NUtrack. J. Anim. Sci. 100(Suppl_3)10
  • Holliday A. J., B. E. Mote, E. P., L. E. Hulbert, M. Jaberi-Douraki, M. D. Trenhaile-Grannemann, M. Goering, J. M. Mumm, E. M. Bortoluzzi, and T. B. Schmidt. 2021. 181 Utilization of the NUtrack Livestock Monitoring System to Identify Changes in General and Spatial Behaviors of Newly Weaned Nursery Exposed to an Endotoxin Challenge. J. Anim. Sci. 99(Suppl_1), 2-2.
  • Ostrand L. M., M. D. Tranhaile-Grannemann, G. See, T. B. Schmidt, E. Psota, G. A. Rohrer, and B. E. Mote. 2021. Utilization of NUtrack to assess variance components and heritability of activity traits. J. Anim. Sci. 99(Suppl_1), 17-17.
  • Hauxwell K., L. M. Ostrand, T. B. Schmidt, E. Psota, B. E. Mote, and G. A. Rohrer. 2021. 42 Activity and Bone Lesion Analysis on Gilt Retention to the Breeding Herd. J. Anim. Sci. 99(Suppl_1), 154.
  • Ostrand L, Trenhaile-Grannenmann M, Schmidt T, Psota E, Rohrer G, Mote BE. (Submitted 2020, Conference postponed.) Automatic phenotyping of activity traits with NUtrack to enhance gilt selection. European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming 2021.
  • Hauxwell K, Ostrand LM, Schmidt TB, Psota ET, Mote BE, Rohrer GA. (2021). Activity and bone lesion analysis on gilt retention to the breeding herd. 2021 Midwest Animal Science Meetings undergraduate competition. Accepted.