Precision Poultry Farming

• Other Authors: Zhao, Yang (Editor), Cambra-López, María (Editor), De Moura, Daniella Jorge (Editor), Zheng, Weichao (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Animals & society; broiler; activity index; time interval; age; image processing; poultry; cage-free; preening behavior; mask R-CNN; residual network; broiler chicken; machine vision; image restoring; precision poultry farming; feeding system; pecking force; precision livestock farming; poultry farming; information management; cloud database; disease detection; acoustic; audio; frequency; behavior; image analysis; animal welfare; movement analysis; LED; comfort index; manure area; manure coverage proportion; environment control; ammonia emission; layer house; laying hen; daily behavior; machine learning; inertia sensor; walking ability; animal behavior; precision livestock; PLF; precise feeding; ideal protein; animal health; immune system; productive parameters; management
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This book presents the latest advances in applications of continuous, objective, and automated sensing technologies and computer tools for sustainable and efficient poultry production, and it offers solutions to the poultry industry to address challenges in terms of poultry management, the environment, nutrition, automation and robotics, health, welfare assessment, behavior monitoring, waste management, etc. The reader will find original research papers that address, on a global scale, the sustainability and efficiency of the poultry industry and explore the above-mentioned areas through applications of PPF solutions in poultry meat and egg production