Prediction of feather damage in laying hens using optical flows and Markov models.
Feather pecking in laying hens is a major welfare and production problem for commercial egg producers, resulting in mortality, loss of production as well as welfare issues for the damaged birds. Damaging outbreaks of feather pecking are currently impossible to control, despite a number of proposed i...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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