SAITOH Tomoko Assistant Professor
ThemeBehavior and management of horse and cattle
| Field | Animal behavior, Animal management, Equine science |
| Keyword | Horse, Cattle, Behavior, Drone, AI, Video analysis |
Introduction
1.Hokkaido native horses are no longer rare livestock and need protection.We are conducting research that will provide a place where Hokkaido native breeds can play an active role in society, such as horse riding for people with disabilities.
2. We are studying how to observe, record, and analyze the behavior of livestock by video shooting with drone. Analysing videos are time consuming so I'm now trying using AI for automatic video analysis.
3.If biological information such as cow behavior and body temperature can be automatically monitored, labor saving and better management will be possible. We are conducting research that will improve monitoring technology by collecting data from various sensors.
List of current research topics
Horse(Protection of Hokkaido narive breeds, video analysis for sports riding.)
Cattle(Automatic monitoring)
Drone(Aerial shooting for animal behaviour analysis)
AI(Automatic analysis of video)
| Academic degree | D. Agr |
| Self introduction |
I was born in Kanagawa and living in Obihiro since 1999 (when I entered this univercity !). I have my own Hokkaido native horse. I' m the player of Japanese old style horseback archery. |
| Room address | General Research Building I |
| Room number | S3102-4 |
| Mail address | tsaitoh 
obihiro.ac.jp |
Belongs
Field Center of Animal Science and Agriculture/StaffResearch Department/Department of Life and Food Sciences/Division of Animal Production/Section of Animal Husbandry| Related industries | Livestock management, Horseback riding, Drone(Aerial shooting), AI |
| Affiliated academic society | Japanese Society of Equine Science, Japanese Society for Animal Behaviour and Management, Japanese Society of Animal Science, Hokkaido Society of Livestock and Grassland Science |
