An extra pair of eyes in the broiler house

Royal GD is developing the Ethometer, a camera system that alerts broiler growers to behavioural changes in their flocks. Poultry farmers can therefore intervene earlier in the event of disease or welfare issues. The first results of the Ethometer on farm look promising. The Ethometer takes a snapshot image of a few seconds of individual animals and converts them into GIF files. Vets and experts have identified the activity of chickens from around 40,000 files in total. Based on the literatur