Automated pose estimation reveals walking characteristics associated with lameness in broilers

ABSTRACT: Walking ability of broilers can be improved by selective breeding, but large-scale phenotypic records are required. Currently, gait of individual broilers is scored by trained experts, however, precision phenotyping tools could offer a more objective and high-throughput alternative. We stu...

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Main Authors: István Fodor, Malou van der Sluis, Marc Jacobs, Britt de Klerk, Aniek C. Bouwman, Esther D. Ellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123003061