Poultry farming is an essential industry of animal husbandry, which is developing in the
direction of scale, intelligence and unmanned. Intelligent information perception ideas for …

Highlights•The unrest behavior of poultry birds is associated with ambient
temperature.•Thermal comfort of birds can be estimated according to the unrest …

Internet of things provides ways to obtain information about farm production; however, the
more data there is, the harder it is to determine the correct way to process these data. The …

Piling is a behavior in laying hens whereby individuals aggregate in larger densities than
would be normally expected. When piling behavior leads to mortalities it is known as …

Simple Summary Simple Summary: Recent studies have delved into the adverse
phenomenon of smothering in cage-free laying hen-rearing systems, challenging the …

The analysis of chicken movement on the farm has several applications in evaluating the
well-being and health of birds. Low locomotion may be associated with locomotor problems …

Simple Summary The effects of lighting wavelength on the behavior of laying hens are not
yet completely known. This study observed three groups of birds housed under different …

Impaired walking ability is one of the most important factors affecting broiler welfare. Routine
monitoring of walking ability provides insights in the welfare status of a flock and assists …

Reliable chicken claw detection is the technical prerequisite for further intelligent sensing of
the health status and physiological information of their feet in precision livestock farming …

The characteristics of chicken droppings are closely linked to their health status. In prior
studies, chicken droppings recognition is treated as an object detection task, leading to …