Beef Cattle Muzzle/Noseprint database for individual identification

<p>This&nbsp;dataset contains muzzle/noseprint images for beef cattle. A total of 4923 muzzle images for 268 feedyard yearlings in the Midwest US were collected from March to July 2021, using a mirrorless digital camera (26 MP maximum resolution) and a 70-300 mm F4-5.6 focal lens. All images were taken outside of the pen did not create any contact or interference&nbsp;with the animals. These images covered three common US feedyard cattle breeds, including Angus, Angus x Hereford, and Continental x British cross). This database only contains the clean and cropped images showing the cattle muzzle area.&nbsp;</p> <p>All images are housed in individual folders in the&nbsp;<strong>.zip file:&nbsp;</strong>&ldquo;BeefCattle_Muzzle_database.zip&rdquo;. Each folder contains pictures from the same animal. On average, there were more than 12 images collected for each animal.&nbsp;</p>