Swine

AI-powered behavioral intelligence for commercial swine operations.

Building on a decade of laboratory animal behavioral analysis — where pigs are already a major research model — ConductVision can convert standard barn footage into objective weight estimates, feeding metrics, aggression detection, and welfare scores across farrow-to-finish operations.

From Lab to Barn - Proven with research pigs. Ready for production herds.

Pigs are among the most studied animals in biomedical research, and ConductScience has spent over a decade building tools that measure their behavior precisely. ConductVision extends that research-grade capability to commercial swine production — where early detection of lameness, tail biting, aggression, and feeding disruption can mean the difference between a profitable turn and a costly one.

Weight Estimation from Video

Weight Estimation from Video

Non-contact weight estimation using overhead cameras eliminates handling stress and provides continuous growth tracking across the herd.

Behavioral Risk Detection

Behavioral Risk Detection

Detect tail biting, aggression, and mounting behavior early — before injuries escalate and require intervention or removal.

Continuous Welfare Scoring

Continuous Welfare Scoring

Automated activity, posture, and social behavior metrics replace periodic manual welfare audits with objective, trendable data.

Behavioral Measurement - Metrics designed for the realities of swine production.

ConductVision can quantify individual and group-level behavior across gestation, farrowing, nursery, and finishing environments — giving producers objective data where they previously relied on periodic observation.

Non-contact weight estimation from overhead video (individual and pen-average)

Feeding behavior analysis (visit frequency, duration, competition, and daily intake patterns)

Aggression and tail biting detection with severity scoring and incident logging

Lameness scoring from gait analysis (stride length, speed, symmetry, and reluctance to move)

Activity budgets and circadian patterns (lying, standing, locomotion, and transitions)

Social hierarchy mapping and pen-level interaction dynamics

Use Cases - Built for every stage of swine production.

Different production phases present different behavioral signals.

Farrow-to-Finish Operations

Farrow-to-Finish Operations

  • Track growth curves continuously without handling or scale disruption
  • Detect feeding pattern changes that precede health events
  • Monitor pen-level aggression and tail biting risk scores daily
  • Validate management interventions with before-and-after behavioral data
Breeding and Gestation Facilities

Breeding and Gestation Facilities

  • Monitor sow activity and posture changes for farrowing prediction
  • Track nursing behavior and piglet vitality indicators
  • Detect lameness and mobility decline in gestating sows
  • Quantify social stress in group-housed sow systems
Swine Research

Swine Research

  • Automated behavioral scoring for welfare and pharmacology studies
  • Objective pain and discomfort measurement for analgesic trials
  • Longitudinal activity monitoring in controlled environments
  • Publication-ready behavioral data with frame-level resolution

How it works - From barn camera to actionable herd intelligence.

1

Standard cameras

Use existing barn cameras or cost-effective overhead additions. No ear tags, wearables, or sensors on the animals.

2

Configure your metrics

Select the behavioral measures that match your operation — weight tracking, aggression alerts, lameness scoring, feeding analysis, or all of the above.

3

Automated analysis

ConductVision processes video continuously or on schedule, scoring behavior pen-by-pen with consistent, objective criteria.

4

Act on trends

Dashboards surface weight deviations, behavioral risk scores, and welfare trends so your team can intervene earlier and document outcomes.

Why ConductVision - Research-grade precision, built for production scale.

  • A decade of swine behavioral research. ConductScience has equipped research laboratories studying swine behavior for over ten years. ConductVision is built on that same scientific foundation.
  • Objective, consistent scoring. Eliminates variability between observers and shifts. Every pen is measured with the same criteria, every day, around the clock.
  • Privacy-first, on-premise deployment. All processing can run locally at your facility. No video or production data leaves your network.

Outputs - Data your production team can act on immediately.

Converts continuous barn footage into structured metrics that integrate with your existing production management systems and reporting workflows.

  • Per-pen and per-animal weight estimates with growth curve tracking
  • Daily aggression and tail biting risk scores by pen
  • Feeding behavior summaries with competition and access metrics
  • Lameness trend reports with individual animal flagging
  • Activity and welfare dashboards for barn-level overview
  • CSV, Excel, and API exports for integration with production software

Deployment - Fits into your existing barn infrastructure.

Designed for commercial swine environments — works with your existing cameras, runs on standard compute hardware, and integrates with the production management workflows your team already uses.

Camera assessment and overhead coverage planning for each barn

Metric configuration aligned to your production priorities

Baseline calibration with your herd and facility conditions

Staff training on dashboards, alerts, and reporting

Ongoing support, model refinement, and expansion to additional barns

Our Commitment - We Measure Behavior the Way Scientists Do. Because Pigs Deserve That Precision.

ConductVision was born in the research lab — where swine are already one of our core model organisms. Every metric we report is held to the same standard as a peer-reviewed study. That scientific rigor is not a marketing claim; it is how we have operated for over a decade, and it is what makes our production metrics trustworthy.

FAQ - Questions we hear from Swine teams

Can't find the answer you're looking for? Reach out to our support team.

Our technology can measure weight from video, feeding behavior, aggression and tail biting, lameness, activity budgets, and social dynamics — providing objective, continuous metrics for production management and welfare assessment.

No. ConductVision works with standard RGB cameras — typically overhead-mounted in barn environments. No ear tags, wearable sensors, or paint markings required.

Non-contact weight estimation from overhead video can achieve strong correlation with scale weights. Accuracy improves with calibration to your specific genetics and facility conditions. We validate performance during the pilot phase against your existing weighing process.

ConductVision is designed to detect early behavioral precursors of tail biting — increased restlessness, altered social interactions, and changes in activity patterns — often before visible injuries appear. Early alerts can support timely intervention.

ConductVision supports on-premise processing. All video and behavioral data can remain within your facility. No production data leaves your network unless you choose to export it.

Start with a conversation about your operation — herd size, barn layout, production stage, and priorities. We will assess your camera setup, discuss measurable outcomes, and scope a pilot in one barn or finishing room.

Still have questions? We are happy to talk it through.

Ready to bring measurable intelligence to your swine operation?

Tell us about your herd, your barns, and your priorities. We have been measuring pig behavior in research labs for over a decade — let us show you what that precision can do at production scale.

Ready to explore what AI vision can do for you?

Contact us

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    ConductScience Inc.
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    Skokie, IL 60077
    +1 (847) 983-3672
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