Animal Health & Emotion Prediction Using IoT: An Introductory Survey

The monitoring and understanding of animal health and emotional well-being are critical for effective animal welfare, agriculture, conservation, and the development of compassionate human-animal relationships. Recent advances in the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and data science have transformed traditional animal care by enabling continuous, automated monitoring of health, behavior, and emotional states. This paper presents an introductory survey of the integration of IoT technologies for predicting animal health and emotion. We emphasize the current state-of-the-art, challenges, and emerging applications, building upon a review of recent literature in this growing interdisciplinary field.