Alfonso Rosamilia

Dr. Alfonso Rosamilia


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 November 2021 in Animals
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LBlorenzo bonicelli
lorenzo bonicelli
ATAbigail Rose Trachtman
Abigail Rose Trachtman
ARAlfonso Rosamilia
Alfonso Rosamilia
GLGaetano Liuzzo
Gaetano Liuzzo
JHJasmine Hattab
Jasmine Hattab
Giuseppe MarruchellaGiuseppe Marruchella
Giuseppe Marruchella
The slaughterhouse can act as a valid checkpoint to estimate the prevalence and the economic impact of diseases in farm animals. At present, scoring lesions is a challenging and time-consuming activity, which is carried out by veterinarians serving the slaughter chain. Over recent years, artificial intelligence(AI) has gained traction in many fields of research, including livestock production. In particular, AI-based methods appear able to solve highly repetitive tasks and to consistently analyze large amounts of data, such as those collected by veterinarians during postmortem inspection in high-throughput slaughterhouses. The present study aims to develop an AI-based method capable of recognizing and quantifying enzootic pneumonia-like lesions on digital images captured from slaughtered pigs under routine abattoir conditions. Overall, the data indicate that the AI-based method proposed herein could properly identify and score enzootic pneumonia-like lesions without interfering with the slaughter chain routine. According to European legislation, the application of such a method avoids the handling of carcasses and organs, decreasing the risk of microbial contamination, and could provide further alternatives in the field of food hygiene.