Assessment of horse behavior using an activity monitoring device used for cats and dogs.

Q3 Veterinary
Journal of Equine Science Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-12 DOI:10.1294/jes.35.47
Tatsuya Matsubara, Ryota Fukatsu, Makoto Yamamoto, Minami Moriya, Kazuki Hano, Kotono Nakamura, Yasunori Ohba, Masaki Takasu
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Abstract

Including Internet of Things (IoT) technology in horse-rearing management can potentially mitigate problems such as human resource shortages and time limitations in performing daily behavior monitoring. In this study, a small and inexpensive activity meter used to monitor dogs and cats (PLUS CYCLE®, JARMeC, Kanagawa, Japan) was used to monitor the daily behavior of horses. A study was performed to examine the suitability of the PLUS CYCLE® device for monitoring horses and to determine whether it could estimate horse behavior. The device was equipped with an accelerometer and was used to monitor Kiso horses in horse stalls and pastures after installing the devices at specific locations on headcollars and girths. The amount of activity from the accelerometer showed differences among the horses' behavioral types (lying, standing, walking, and feeding) in the stall, suggesting that it functions in horses. In the pasture, the amount of activity was correlated with GPS movement speed. Then, we tried to establish restricted cubic spline regression models to predict the locomotion speed in the pasture based on the amount of activity, but the prediction accuracy was low. This study showed that PLUS CYCLE® can be used to monitor horse activity amount during the daily management of individual horses. However, to achieve higher precision in monitoring detailed behaviors, additional investigation and data pertaining to the amount of activity for each horse during rearing in different environments are needed.

使用用于猫和狗的活动监测装置评估马的行为。
将物联网(IoT)技术纳入养马管理可以潜在地缓解人力资源短缺和执行日常行为监测的时间限制等问题。在本研究中,使用一种用于监测狗和猫的小型且廉价的活动计(PLUS CYCLE®,JARMeC, Kanagawa, Japan)来监测马的日常行为。进行了一项研究,以检查PLUS CYCLE®装置监测马的适用性,并确定它是否可以估计马的行为。该装置配备了一个加速度计,在马项圈和腰部的特定位置安装该装置后,用于监测马棚和牧场中的Kiso马。加速度计的活动量显示了马在马厩中的不同行为类型(躺着、站立、行走和进食)的差异,这表明加速度计在马身上起作用。在草地上,活动量与GPS移动速度相关。然后,我们尝试建立基于活动量的受限三次样条回归模型来预测牧草的运动速度,但预测精度较低。这项研究表明,PLUS CYCLE®可以用于监测马的活动量,在日常管理的马。然而,为了更精确地监测详细的行为,还需要对不同环境中饲养的每匹马的活动量进行额外的调查和数据。
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Journal of Equine Science
Journal of Equine Science Veterinary-Equine
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