NUtrack Livestock Monitoring

Welcome to NUtrack Livestock Monitoring

The NUtrack Livestock Monitoring System is a Computer Vision based form of Precision Livestock Technology that has the capabilities to accurately identify, maintain identification, and continuously track the behaviors of group housed livestock. The NUtrack system was created here at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln through the collaboration of researchers in the Department of Animal Science (Dr. Ty Schmidt and Dr. Benny Mote) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Dr. Eric Psota, Dr. Lance Pérez and Benjamin Riggan). The overall goal of our team is focused on utilizing NUtrack as a means to improve the health, welfare, and production efficiency of livestock. 

Currently the status of the NUtrack system allows us to continuously track the individual behaviors of group housed pigs. These behaviors include walking, standing, lying sternal, lying lateral, sitting, and time at the feeder/waterer. The NUtrack team is also collaborating with researchers in both academia and the livestock industry to enhance the system’s ability to identify and track complex behaviors such as sub-clinical symptoms of illness/injury, fighting, aggression, and tail biting.