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Contents


                    Abstract                                                       5

                    Chapter 1    General introduction                              9

                    Chapter 2    Validation of an ultra-wideband tracking system      29
                                 for recording individual levels of activity in
                                 broilers

                    Chapter 3    The relationship between gait and automated       51
                                 recordings of individual broiler activity levels

                    Chapter 4    Assessing the activity of individual group-housed     73
                                 broilers throughout life using a passive radio
                                 frequency identification system – A validation study

                    Chapter 5    Early activity patterns and the relationship with      105
                                 body weight gain in broilers

                    Chapter 6    Genetic parameters for activity recorded using       127
                                 RFID throughout life in broilers


                    Chapter 7    General discussion                                143

                    References                                                     171

                    Summary                                                        191

                    Acknowledgements                                               195

                    Curriculum vitae                                               199
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