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Article published the January 16, 2024
Quantification of range use in commercial meat chicken flocks is desirable so that farmers can objectively assess meaningful range access, including number of chickens using the range and how far chickens roam from the shed. Currently there is no cost-effective technology for quantifying range use in commercial conditions, and farm staff perform assessments based on visual inspection. A proof-of-c ...
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This member gave a presentation on February 7, 2023
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34th Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium
Article published the October 21, 2022
There is some evidence that commercial meat chickens prefer to access the range through ‘favoured’ pop-holes (Taylor et al., 2017); however what makes pop-holes attractive or aversive is unknown. Therefore, we aimed to i) determine the most aversive stimuli associated with pop-holes and ii) identify the most effective artificial structure to minimise aversion.We hypothesised that the s ...
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This member gave a presentation on February 9, 2022
At the following event:
33rd Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium
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