Monitoring cattle feeding behavior is crucial for efficient herd management and optimal resource utilization in grazing cattle.
The ability to automatically recognize feeding events in animals through jaw movement identification can lead to improved diet formulation and early detection of health issues.
A novel deep neural network model has been introduced in this work, combining acoustic and inertial signals through feature-level fusion.
The proposed model outperformed traditional and deep learning approaches with an F1-score value of 0.802, representing a 14% increase compared to previous methods.