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Conference paper2019Peer reviewed

Developing sensor technologies to inform breeding approaches to reduce damaging behaviour in laying hens and pigs: The GroupHouseNet approach

Rodenburg, T.B.; Bennewitz, J.; De, Haas, E.N.; Košťál, L.; Pichová, K.; Piette, D.; Tetens, J.; Visser, B.; De, Klerk, B.; Van, Der, Sluis, M.; Van, Der, Zande, L.E.; Siegford, J.; Toscano, M.; Norton, T.; Guzhva, O.; Ellen, E.D.

Abstract

The European COST Action GroupHouseNet aims to provide synergy for preventing damaging behaviour in group-housed pigs and laying hens. One area of focus of this network is how genetic and genomic tools can be used to breed animals that are less likely to develop damaging behaviour directed at their pen-mates. Reducing damaging behaviour in large groups is a challenge, because it is difficult to identify and monitor individual animals. With the current developments in sensor technologies and animal breeding, there is the possibility to identify individual animals, monitor individual behaviour, and link this information to the genotype. Using a combination of sensor technologies and genomics enables us to select against damaging behaviour in pigs and laying hens.

Keywords

Automatic tracking; Damaging behaviour; Genetic selection

Published in

Title: Precision Livestock Farming 2019 : Papers Presented at the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, ECPLF 2019
Publisher: Organising Committee of the 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre

Conference

9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, ECPLF 2019, Cork, Ireland, 260819 - 290819

SLU Authors

UKÄ Subject classification

Animal and Dairy Science

Publication identifier

  • ISBN: 9781841706542

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129947