Large variation in the movement of individual broiler chickens tracked in a commercial house using ultra-wideband backpacks

Abstract Our understanding of the movement patterns of individual broiler chickens in large flocks is extremely limited. Here we report the use of a Real Time Locating System to track individual broilers in a house of 28 000 birds. Broilers were fitted with backpacks containing ultra-wideband tags o...

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Main Authors: Mary Baxter, Niamh E. O’Connell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34149-0

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