Livestock management

A livestock management system, comprising:

• an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising a GPS sensor, an environmental sensor, and a camera;
• a memory storing a computer program;
• and
• a processor that executes the computer program, wherein the computer program is a non-transitory computer configured to:
• select an area of interest (AOI) from among a plurality of AOIs as a target AOI;
• define a route along which livestock is to be guided to the target AOI;
• guide the livestock to the target AOI via the defined route using the UAV;
• identify a stress condition of the livestock using the UAV,
• wherein identifying the stress condition comprises identifying, using the camera, an animal not belonging to the livestock causing stress in at least one animal belonging to the livestock;
• and
• reduce the stress condition of the livestock using the UAV,
• wherein reducing the stress condition comprises diverting the identified animal not belonging to the livestock away from the livestock by adjusting the distance of the UAV relative to the identified animal.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• select an area of interest (AOI) from among a plurality of AOIs as a target AOI;
• define a route along which livestock is to be guided to the target AOI;
• guide the livestock to the target AOI via the defined route using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
• identify a stress condition of the livestock using the UAV,
• wherein identifying the stress condition comprises identifying, using the camera, an animal not belonging to the livestock causing stress in at least one animal belonging to the livestock;
• and
• reduce the stress condition of the livestock using the UAV,
• wherein reducing the stress condition comprises diverting the identified animal not belonging to the livestock away from the livestock by adjusting the distance of the UAV relative to the identified animal.