Precision poultry farming: A review of sensor technologies and data analytics

Abstract

The global poultry industry is under constant pressure to enhance productivity, efficiency, and animal welfare while minimizing environmental impact and antibiotic use. Precision Poultry Farming (PPF) emerges as a pivotal strategy to address these multifaceted challenges by leveraging advanced sensor technologies and data analytics to monitor, control, and optimize production processes in real-time. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the core components of PPF. We discuss the suite of sensor technologies deployed in commercial flocks, including environmental sensors (for temperature, humidity, and air quality), acoustic sensors for monitoring vocalizations indicative of health and stress, video and imaging systems for tracking behavior and growth, and wearable sensors for individual bird monitoring. The integration of this continuous, high-volume data stream often termed