Researchers of Wageningen Livestock Research have been able to define when a turkey takes a step.
This is an important milestone to automating gait scoring by sensors. Locomotion obviously is an important indicator of animal welfare. With gait scores based on sensor data, breeding programs are able to better select animals with the best locomotion. This will enhance animal welfare.
Gait scores are determined by trained experts. They examine the animals one by one, which is laborious and time consuming. Sensors have the potential to automatically register a number of characteristics that underlie the experts' gait scores. Sensors have the advantage that they can measure repeatedly and thus follow the scores from day to day.
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