Code
01CD03324
Duration
01 April 2024 → 30 September 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Behavioural biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural animal welfare
Keywords
UWB
animal welfare
chicken
free-range
ultra-wideband
laying hen
Project description
Laying hens were either submitted or not to a novel incubation treatment (incubation in green light) and rearing treatment (live insect larvae), and their outdoor range was enriched with insect larvae. Their range use was monitored by ultra-wideband trackers, body measures were taken to monitor physical welfare, and behavioural tests to infer differences in fearfulness and stress.