acePrecision Livestock Farming Technologies for Sheep Welfare in Extensive Systems: A Comprehensive Review
Background Ensuring animal welfare in extensive sheep production systems remains challenging due to large grazing areas, limited human supervision and the difficulty of detecting early signs of health or behavioural problems. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies have emerged as promising tools to enhance monitoring and welfare assessment in such environments. Objective This review examines recent advances in PLF technologies and their potential contribution to improving sheep welfare in extensive farmi…
Wearable PLF sensors achieved up to 85% accuracy for lameness detection and over 97% accuracy for stress-related physiological changes in extensive sheep systems.
Adoption remains limited due to economic costs, technical constraints and limited farmer awareness, and findings are from a synthesis of prior studies rather than a new field trial.
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- Peer-reviewedVeterinary Medicine and Science2026-09-01
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0951, v1: “Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Sheep Welfare in Extensive Systems: A Comprehensive Review.” Truvace, 2026-09-01. /record/TRV-2026-0951 (accessed at citation time). sha256 f5f4cf2a20746b34…
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