Tag: Swine

UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk

Posted: March 25, 2021

Feral pigs cost the agriculture industry at least $1.5 billion in damage, disease and control costs around the United States annually, running rampant on large swaths of grazing lands. The swine root in soil and… Read More

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease

Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, cameras, cattle, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, datasets, Diseases, feral pigs, hogs, infection, movements, photos, population, ranch, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Samantha Wisely, Swine, wildlife ecology and conservation

UF researchers awarded USDA grants to advance livestock production

by Samantha Murray

Posted: April 23, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are one step closer to preventing flu in pigs and helping dairy producers get more milk for their buck,… Read More

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: Dairy, influenza, News, nifa, Swine

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