| Literature DB >> 35581505 |
Sandro José Paixão1, Angélica Signor Mendes2, Marco Antonio Possenti2, Rosana Reffatti Sikorski2, Marcos Martinez do Vale2, Cléverson de Souza2, Bruno Evangelista Guimarães2, Daniella Jorge de Moura3, Irenilza de Alencar Nääs3, Isadora Bischoff Nunes4.
Abstract
It is well established that different light wavelengths affect broiler behavior. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of four light wavelengths on broiler behavior from 1 to 42 days of age. Birds were housed at a stocking density of 13 birds/m2, in 32 boxes of 1.56 m2. The experimental design was a completely randomized factorial of 4 × 2 (four colors × two sexes), with four replicates. Behavioral variables were accessed through cameras and observed in person thrice a week for 30 min per day in three different periods. Data were organized according to age groups and analyzed by a data mining approach with the different light wavelengths as the classes. Natural behavior defined by stretch, dust bath of male broilers reared in environments with green and blue light was more relevant to the classification of male broilers' behavior (96.9 and 96.9% accuracy and 0.8 and 1.0 of class precision of behavior classification, respectively). Blue and green lights affected the behavior of male broilers starting at 7 days of age, increasing the presence at the bird feeder, and reducing the idle period.Entities:
Keywords: Data mining; Image analysis; Lighting; Poultry; Welfare
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35581505 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03188-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Anim Health Prod ISSN: 0049-4747 Impact factor: 1.559