There is increasing public concern about poultry welfare; the quality of animal welfare is
closely related to the quality of livestock products and the health of consumers. Good animal …

Monitoring of poultry welfare-related bio-processes and bio-responses is vital in welfare
assessment and management of welfare-related factors. With the current development in …

Simple Summary Precision livestock farming (PLF) is the use of technology to help farmers
monitor and manage their animals and their farm. This technology can help to improve …

Lameness is one of the most important causes of poor welfare in poultry. Previous studies
have documented approximately 30% of the chickens were seriously lame. In this research …

In this study, a new and non-invasive method was developed to automatically assess the
lameness of broilers. For this aim, images of broiler chickens were recorded by a 3D vision …

Heat stress as an environmental stressor causes abnormal bone remodeling and
microarchitectural deterioration. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a …

Stress and leg weakness are detrimental to broiler production, health, and welfare.
Traditional methods to evaluate stress may be stressful to the bird because they are invasive …

This systematic review aims to explore how information technologies (ITs) are currently used
to monitor the welfare of broiler chickens. The question posed for the review was “which ITs …

Impaired walking ability is one of the most important factors affecting broiler welfare. Routine
monitoring of walking ability provides insights in the welfare status of a flock and assists …

Routine monitoring of broiler chickens provides insights in the welfare status of a flock, helps
to guarantee minimum defined levels of animal welfare and assists farmers in taking …