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Labor intensity of broiler production may be reduced by using automated systems for flock inspections. However, the broilers' attitude/response toward these systems remain unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the avoidance distance (AD) of broilers toward two aerial automated systems, a drone and a rail system with a dummy arm, operated at different speeds, heights, and frequencies in a commercial broiler house. The AD is the distance between an animal and an approaching object at the instant of animal withdrawal, which is a standard welfare measurement for poultry attitude towards approaching objects. The experiment house measured 120 m × 13 m × 3 m (L × W × H) with a capacity of 18,700 broilers and a production cycle of 7 weeks. The drone was a white DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 which had a dimension of 0.5 m × 0.4 m × 0.2 m (L × W × H). A 6.0 m × 1.5 m (L × W) nylon fishing net was attached to a 1 m high pole to protect the birds from an accidental drop of the drone during the experiment. The rail system was made of structural extruded aluminum with a dimension of 2.0 m × 0.02 m × 0.06 m (L × W × H). It included a gantry plate on a pulley system with a dummy arm attac

Author

Parajuli, Pratik; Zhao, Yang; Tabler, Tom; Chesser, Gary Daniel

Publisher

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Published

2019

Language

EN