Tracking chickens: A promising approach for identifying feather-peckers
Manually observing chickens in barns is a tedious job to which ultra-wideband tracking offers a solution. But does it interfere with normal behavior?
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Screening insecticides for efficacy or tolerance
Screening insecticides for efficacy or tolerance. Maarten Jongsma and colleagues use EntoLab to detect changes in insect behavior.
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Lasting effects: studying early-life experience in insects
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