Sensor technology nicknamed “fitbits for chickens” recently was developed to help producers detect mites on poultry. The technology was created by a team of entomologists, computer scientists and biologists led by Amy Murillo, an entomologist at the University of California-Riverside.
Sensor technology detects poultry mites
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Sensor technology nicknamed “fitbits for chickens” is developed to help producers detect mites on poultry. It also could be used to examine the effects of any change in a bird’s environment or diet, according to a research team led by the University of California-Riverside.
Northern fowl mites cause lesions on chickens.
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