Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 112-119.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2021.05.019

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Research Advances on Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Animal Husbandry

DAI Dong-liang1,2,3,4, LIU Zhi-hong1,2,3,4, ZHAO Cun1,2,3,4, QIN Qing1,2,3,4, ZHANG Chong-yan1,2,3,4   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot 010018, China;
    2. Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction, Hohhot 010018,China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Mutton Sheep Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Hohhot 010018,China;
    4. Goat Genetic Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center of Inner Mongolia,Hohhot 010018,China
  • Received:2021-04-11 Online:2021-09-30 Published:2021-11-25

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is an important new force in emerging scientific and technological revolution as well as animal husbandry revolution. It plays a vital role in realizing the digitalization, informatization and intellectualization of animal husbandry in China. The wide application of AI technology in animal husbandry will provide new insights into the resolution of the major and core problems in animal feeding such as disease prevention, precision treatment, precision nutrition, biosafety control and intelligent weighing, and will also become a powerful booster to accelerate the modernization of animal husbandry. With the help of universal application of key AI technology, realizing refinement, securitization, automation, intellectualization and digitalization of the whole animal husbandry chain and thereby improving the overall management capacity of animal husbandry will become an effective way to facilitate the development of intelligent animal husbandry. In this paper, a review is provided in the following aspects: developmental process of AI, application of AI in livestock and poultry breeding, AI practices in animal husbandry enterprises, and development and application trend of AI technology in animal husbandry, in hoping to provide references for promoting the wide application of AI technology in the whole animal husbandry chain.

Key words: artificial intelligence, animal husbandry, cloud platform, big data, machine learning

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