https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/receive/fdr_mods_00000316 https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/fdr_derivate_00000320/SowPostureDs.zip https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/rsc/thumbnail/fdr_mods_00000316.png 2026-05-27 data set SowPostureDS database SowPostureDS is a dataset designed to support the development of robust computer vision and artificial intelligence models for sow posture detection in farrowing environments. The dataset comprises 14.400 annotated images collected across three distinct housing environments, with balanced representation of the four posture classes lying lateral, lying, sitting and standing. The data includes both daytime and nighttime recordings. All images have been standardized by resizing to match a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. The images are contained in .jpg format and the corresponding annotation informations are saved as .txt files. The dataset is provided in a .zip archive and contains the two subfolders’ images and labels, which follow the standard directory structure commonly used for training YOLO models, enabling seamless integration into existing training workflows. The images and labels from the different environments are marked with corresponding prefixes (“ziss”, “digi” and “inno”). For further information see the following publication. If you use this dataset, please reference: Wahmhoff, J., Traulsen, I., van Asten, A. L., Krieter, J., Dirksen, N., Diers, S., Wutke, M. (2026), SowPostureDS: A Multi-Class Image Dataset for YOLO-Based Detection of Sow Postures in diverse Farrowing Systems. Scientific Data en 630 his Host institution 10.57892/100-316 aut Author Wahmhoff, Johann 0009-0008-0328-7066 Wahmhoff Johann Institut for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Germany Traulsen, Imke aut Author 0000-0001-9761-0291 Traulsen Imke Institut for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Germany van Asten, Astrid aut Author 0009-0001-9091-4732 van Asten Astrid Chamber of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia, Centre of Agriculture Haus Düsse, Germany Krieter, Joachim aut Author Krieter Joachim Institut for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Germany Dirksen, Neele aut Author 0000-0003-0942-7900 Dirksen Neele Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Saxony, Germany Diers, Sophie aut Author 0000-0002-3706-1590 Diers Sophie 4. Chamber of Agriculture of Schleswig-Holstein Wutke, Martin aut Author 0000-0001-7839-2751 Wutke Martin Institut for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Germany 2025-10-01 2025-10-01 2016 2023 2016 2023 Computervision Object Detection YOLO Sow husbandry 28N305603 (Zissau), 28DE109G18 (DigiSchwein), 2817205413(InnoPig) fdr_mods_00000316 https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/receive/fdr_mods_00000316