Machine learning to detect behavioural anomalies in dairy cows under subacute ruminal acidosis

Sickness behaviour is characterised by a lethargic state during which the animal reduces its activity, sleeps more and at times when normally awake, reduces its feed and water intake, and interacts less with its environment. Subtle modifications in behaviour can materialise just before clinical signs of a disease. Recent sensor developments enable continuous monitoring of animal behaviour, but the shift to abnormal animal activity remains...