Dr. Zuidhof: Use and effects of precision feeding in broiler breeders

Precision feeding is about providing the right amount of the right feed to the right bird at the right time. It is a subset of precision livestock farming which is about using sensors to collect data and then act on that data to implement optimum decisions in real-time, and precision feeding is doing that with a feeding system.

There are different technologies, but the one from Dr. Zuidhof involves a feed station that actually has two stages. The birds enter. They stand on body weight scales, and they are identified as individuals. After birds are weighted, the staff must compare the body weight with the “white” they should be.

• If birds don’t weigh enough, the staff allows them to access some feed and got the birds gently from the station.
• If the bird’s weight is enough, it does
  
  
  
  
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