Detection of jumping and landing force in laying hens using wireless wearable sensors

Poultry Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2724-2733

  Banerjee, D ^a   Daigle, C L ^b   Dong, B ^a   Wurtz, K ^b   Newberry, R C ^c   Siegford, J M ^b   Biswas, S ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Jump detection; Keel bone breakage; Laying hen; Poultry welfare; Wearable sensor network

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHICKEN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; KINETICS; MOVEMENT; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84922044385     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2014-04006     Document Type: Article

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