Table 2 The time (%) that Ross 308 broilers wearing ultra-wideband tags spent in proximity to the centre of the zone (4.26 × 4.02 m) that they were initially chosen from at the beginning of the study.

Distance from initial tagging zone	Tag number
Distance from initial tagging zone	3	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	22	23	24	25
Within 10 m	60	25	29	18	76	13	26	28	0	94	95	41	34	61	51	67	69
Within 20 m	98	78	51	49	99	35	72	83	0	99	100	77	90	86	97	83	82
Within 30 m	100	93	62	64	100	41	94	91	1	100		85	96	95	100	90	99
Within 40 m		97	63	79		48	97	100	20			89	99	97		99	100
Within 50 m		99	69	98		56	100		33			97	100	100		100
Within 60 m		100	94	100		71			55			98
Within 70 m			100			89			78			100
Within 80 m						94			95
Within 90 m						100			100

The tagging of birds was staggered, with tags 3–13 observed for nine days before thinning from Day 22 until Day 31 and tags 14–25 observed for six days from Day 25 until Day 31.

Quick links

Search