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Technology to monitor poultry welfare: wearables and implantables

Published: March 18, 2022
Summary
The poultry husbandry landscape in the United States is rapidly evolving in response to public concern related to animal welfare. As the production systems become complex and the flock sizes increase, conventional welfare assessment methods can be inadequate. Technology can help us in that regard by reliably measuring behavioral and physiological indicators of welfare. In the recent years we h...
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Prafulla Regmi
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
Leonie Jacobs
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Shawna Weimer
University of Arkansas (USA)
University of Arkansas (USA)
Marisa Erasmus
Purdue University (USA)
Purdue University (USA)
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Kenneth Casing
22 de enero de 2023
Hello, good day! Is there any available wearable tri-axial accelerometer? If there is, how much?
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Prafulla Regmi
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
15 de marzo de 2023
Hi Kenneth, there are few systems available commercially. The cost range from around $100 to few hundred dollars depending upon battery life, frequency of data collection, and whether you are looking for a real-time observation of parameters or a telemetry unit.
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Dr Kotaiah Talapaneni
Indbro Research & Breeding Farms
Indbro Research & Breeding Farms
18 de marzo de 2023
Like to know few of them. Nice if the contacts are posted
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