Livestock Engineering Monitoring ammonia as part of flock management in poultry husbandry systems

Poultry farming is required to meet the increasing demands regarding animal welfare, environmental protection and sustainability. Digital and smart techniques are increasingly used in poultry husbandry to fulfil these requirements. As an example to monitor and evaluate barn climate continuously, data of two sensors (DOL 53 and Extox-Stable) were evaluated on-farm during a broiler fattening cycle. The study showed that both sensors may be able to successively and validly detect ammonia emissions over the course of fattening cycle and thus may be implemented in proactive flock management strategies and tools.