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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