Groups and Individuals: Optical Flow Patterns of Broiler Chicken Flocks Are Correlated with the Behavior of Individual Birds

Group level measures of welfare flocks have been criticized on the grounds that they give only average measures and overlook the welfare of individual animals. However, we here show that the group-level optical flow patterns made by broiler flocks can be used to deliver information not just about th...

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Main Authors: Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich, Ariane Stratmann, Marian Stamp Dawkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/568