Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video

J.E. Doornweerd; I. Fodor; G.W. Kootstra; R.F. Veerkamp; B. de Klerk; M. van der Sluis; A.C. Bouwman; E.D. Ellen

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_122

Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video

J.E. Doornweerd, I. Fodor, G.W. Kootstra, R.F. Veerkamp, B. de Klerk, M. van der Sluis, A.C. Bouwman, E.D. Ellen

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Individual broiler behaviour could serve as a proxy for an individual’s health, welfare and performance. However, large-scale individual behaviour recording is difficult. Wearable and remote sensors have both been investigated to record individual broiler behaviour. In this study, we validated the use of automated tracking using video or radio frequency identification (RFID) by comparing the total estimated walking distance to ground-truth annotated from video. By using colour-marked birds we simplified the computer vision task of YOLOv5. The estimated walking distances by video pixel-based closely matched ground-truth pixel-based (≤2 cm difference). Overall, the RFID-system also closely matched ground-truth pixel-based, except for one movement event (75 cm underestimation). Over the entire duration of the trial, RFID and video gave similar animal rankings, but RFID seems more error prone due to missing reads. RFID is suitable to track broilers over time, but video could be more accurate and practical for on-farm application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP)
Subtitle of host publication	Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges
Editors	R.F. Veerkamp, Y. de Haas
Place of Publication	Wageningen
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Pages	537-540
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9789086869404
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_122
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 3 Jul 2022 → 8 Jul 2022

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Conference	World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	3/07/22 → 8/07/22

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Doornweerd, J. E., Fodor, I., Kootstra, G. W., Veerkamp, R. F., de Klerk, B., van der Sluis, M., Bouwman, A. C., & Ellen, E. D. (2022). Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video. In R. F. Veerkamp, & Y. de Haas (Eds.), Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges (pp. 537-540). Article 122 Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_122

Doornweerd, J.E. ; Fodor, I. ; Kootstra, G.W. et al. / Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video. Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. editor / R.F. Veerkamp ; Y. de Haas. Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. pp. 537-540

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Doornweerd, JE , Fodor, I , Kootstra, GW , Veerkamp, RF, de Klerk, B, van der Sluis, M , Bouwman, AC & Ellen, ED 2022, Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video. in RF Veerkamp & Y de Haas (eds), Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges., 122, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp. 537-540, World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3/07/22. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_122

Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video. / Doornweerd, J.E.; Fodor, I.; Kootstra, G.W. et al.
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Doornweerd JE , Fodor I , Kootstra GW , Veerkamp RF, de Klerk B, van der Sluis M et al. Automated individual walking distance of group-housed broilers; A comparison between ground-truth, RFID, and video. In Veerkamp RF, de Haas Y, editors, Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers. 2022. p. 537-540. 122 doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_122

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