ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Acoustic Description of the Soundscape of a Real-Life Intensive Farm and Its Impact on Animal Welfare: A Preliminary Analysis of Farm Sounds and Bird Vocalisations.
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- AI-Powered Vocalization Analysis in Poultry: Systematic Review of Health, Behavior, and Welfare Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- A Conformer-Based Time-Frequency Decoupling Network for Pig Vocalization Behavior Classification.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Decoding Poultry Welfare from Sound-A Machine Learning Framework for Non-Invasive Acoustic Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Edge intelligence for poultry welfare: Utilizing tiny machine learning neural network processors for vocalization analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- The effect of worker clothing color on stress in laying hens.Archives animal breeding · 2024Article
- Welfare of broilers on farm.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2023Article
- Welfare of domestic birds and rabbits transported in containers.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Characterizing Sounds of Different Sources in a Commercial Broiler House.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Measuring Farm Animal Emotions-Sensor-Based Approaches.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Poultry meat is the world's primary source of animal protein due to low cost and is widely eaten at a global level. However, intensive production is required to supply the demand although it generates stress to animals and welfare problems, which have to be reduced or eradicated for the better health of birds. In this study, bird welfare is measured by certain indicators: CO2, temperature, humidity, weight, deaths, food, and water intake. Additionally, we approach an acoustic analysis of bird vocalisations as a possible metric to add to the aforementioned parameters. For this purpose, an acoustic recording and analysis of an entire production cycle of an intensive broiler Ross 308 poultry farm in the Mediterranean area was performed. The acoustic dataset generated was processed to obtain the Equivalent Level (Leq), the mean Peak Frequency (PF), and the PF variation, every 30 min. This acoustical analysis aims to evaluate the relation between traditional indicators (death, weight, and CO2) as well as acoustical metrics (equivalent level impact (Leq) and Peak Frequency) of a complete intensive production cycle. As a result, relation between CO2 and humidity versus Leq was found, as well as decreases in vocalisation when the intake of food and water was large.
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