Development of a wireless body-mounted sensor to monitor location and activity of laying hens in a non-cage housing system

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1705-1713

  Quwaider, M Q ^a,b   Daigle, C L ^c   Biswas, S K ^d   Siegford, J M ^b   Swanson, J C ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Animal Behavior and Welfare Group   (Australia)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Cage free; Laying hen; Poultry; Proximity sensing; Relative RSSI; Wireless monitoring; Wireless network

Indexed keywords

CAGE-FREE; LAYING HEN; POULTRY; PROXIMITY SENSING; RELATIVE RSSI; WIRELESS MONITORING;

ACCELEROMETERS; HOUSING; SENSORS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCELEROMETER; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LEGISLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POULTRY; RESOURCE USE; SENSOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149405266     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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