Monitoring Cage-free Hens’ Pecking with Deep Learning
Posted on Jan 9, 2023
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US Egg production is transitioning from conventional cage to cage-free system. While cage-free system allows birds to perform natural behaviors such as dustbathing, foraging, and perching, an inherent challenge is feather pecking (FP, Figure 1). Pecking is one of the primary welfare issues in commercial...