Scientists have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can automatically identify and count distress signals of chickens. They say that the new technology can be made available within five years so that farmers can save the lives of these birds.

Researchers claim that the AI, which detects and quantifies distress calls made by chickens housed in huge indoor sheds, can correctly distinguish distress calls from other barn noises with 97 per cent accuracy.

In their early life, chicks utter distress calls—high-pitched, repetitive chirps—to attract the mother hen’s attention for food or in distress. But in a commercial chicken farm, it can be difficult to pick up when they’re uncomfortable, socially isolated, or hungry. Answering these calls can be the difference between life and death.

To improve these efforts, researchers at the City University of Hong Kong recorded the vocalisations of chickens housed at Lingfeng Poultry Ltd., a major poultry producer in China’s Guangxi province.

The birds were kept in stacked cages (three cages per stack, and 13 to 20 individuals per cage), with about 2000 to 2500 chickens in each barn.

Over the course of a year, the researchers recorded the environment, picking up everything from natural farm sounds such as workers hosing down barn floors to the chick distress calls.

They then transformed all of these noises into sound pictures known as spectrograms and used the images to train a type of AI program called deep learning.

“Chickens are very vocal, but the distress call tends to be louder than the others, and is what we would describe as a pure tonal call,” The Guardian quoted Alan McElligott, an associate professor of animal behaviour and welfare at the City University of Hong Kong.

&nbsp;“Even to the untrained ear, it’s not too difficult to pick them out.”

(With inputs from agencies)

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Scientists have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can automatically identify and count distress signals of chickens. They say that the new technology can be made available within five years so that farmers can save the lives of these birds.

Scientists have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can automatically identify and count distress signals of chickens. They say that the new technology can be made available within five years so that farmers can save the lives of these birds. Researchers claim that the AI, which detects and quantifies distress calls made by chickens housed in huge indoor sheds, can correctly distinguish distress calls from other barn noises with 97 per cent accuracy. In their early life, chicks utter distress calls—high-pitched, repetitive chirps—to attract the mother hen’s attention for food or in distress. But in a commercial chicken farm, it can be difficult to pick up when they’re uncomfortable, socially isolated, or hungry. Answering these calls can be the difference between life and death. To improve these efforts, researchers at the City University of Hong Kong recorded the vocalisations of chickens housed at Lingfeng Poultry Ltd., a major poultry producer in China’s Guangxi province. The birds were kept in stacked cages (three cages per stack, and 13 to 20 individuals per cage), with about 2000 to 2500 chickens in each barn. Over the course of a year, the researchers recorded the environment, picking up everything from natural farm sounds such as workers hosing down barn floors to the chick distress calls. They then transformed all of these noises into sound pictures known as spectrograms and used the images to train a type of AI program called deep learning. “Chickens are very vocal, but the distress call tends to be louder than the others, and is what we would describe as a pure tonal call,” The Guardian quoted Alan McElligott, an associate professor of animal behaviour and welfare at the City University of Hong Kong. “Even to the untrained ear, it’s not too difficult to pick them out.” (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

Scientists develop AI that can gauge distress signals of baby chickens

More than 12,000 people were booked by the Delhi Police on Holi for different traffic violations in the city, even as the police control room (PCR) received over 77,000 distress calls.

The number of calls received by the police this Holi registered over 100 per cent growth as compared to 2017 when 35,474 such calls were received.

The police control room received a total of 77,805 calls from the morning of Holi till the next morning this year. Over 51,000 of these were blank calls, said a senior police officer.

Most of the distress calls responded by the police were related to quarrels, he said.

&quot;Police responded to 20,973 distress calls, including 14,339 complaints of quarrel on minor issues in different parts of the city,&quot; the officer said.

Around 5-6 per cent calls were related to accidents, he said.

According to the data by the Traffic Police, a total of 12,626 persons were prosecuted for different traffic violations, including drunken driving.

Bikers and other two wheeler riders gave us a hard time by rash driving, not wearing helmets and tripling, said a traffic police officer.

Traffic police personnel were deployed at all major intersections and vulnerable points in the run up to the festival. A total of 9,848 challans amounting to Rs 13,95,800 was collected from the law-breakers, he said.

Court challans were issued to 2,778 violators while 1,267 vehicles were impounded, he said.

A total of 678 people were booked for driving under the influence of alcohol, the officer said.

Over 5,000 bikers were booked for not wearing helmets, while 1,209 were fined for triple riding, he said.

Other violations like red light jumping, dangerous driving, over-speeding among others were also checked by the traffic police.

The Delhi Police had made elaborate arrangements to prevent any untoward incident during the Holi celebrations and deployed a huge number of personnel to maintain law and order, and prevent violation of traffic rules in the city.

The number of calls received by the police this Holi registered over 100 per cent growth as compared to 2017 when 35,474 such calls were received

More than 12,000 people were booked by the Delhi Police on Holi for different traffic violations in the city, even as the police control room (PCR) received over 77,000 distress calls. The number of calls received by the police this Holi registered over 100 per cent growth as compared to 2017 when 35,474 such calls were received. The police control room received a total of 77,805 calls from the morning of Holi till the next morning this year. Over 51,000 of these were blank calls, said a senior police officer. Most of the distress calls responded by the police were related to quarrels, he said. "Police responded to 20,973 distress calls, including 14,339 complaints of quarrel on minor issues in different parts of the city," the officer said. Around 5-6 per cent calls were related to accidents, he said. According to the data by the Traffic Police, a total of 12,626 persons were prosecuted for different traffic violations, including drunken driving. Bikers and other two wheeler riders gave us a hard time by rash driving, not wearing helmets and tripling, said a traffic police officer. Traffic police personnel were deployed at all major intersections and vulnerable points in the run up to the festival. A total of 9,848 challans amounting to Rs 13,95,800 was collected from the law-breakers, he said. Court challans were issued to 2,778 violators while 1,267 vehicles were impounded, he said. A total of 678 people were booked for driving under the influence of alcohol, the officer said. Over 5,000 bikers were booked for not wearing helmets, while 1,209 were fined for triple riding, he said. Other violations like red light jumping, dangerous driving, over-speeding among others were also checked by the traffic police. The Delhi Police had made elaborate arrangements to prevent any untoward incident during the Holi celebrations and deployed a huge number of personnel to maintain law and order, and prevent violation of traffic rules in the city.

12,000 people prosecuted in Delhi; 77,000 PCR calls this Holi

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