EggXYt: A novel approach for sexing chicken embryos on day one before incubation - saving them from being hatched and disposed.

Información del proyecto

eggXYt

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 774906

DOI

10.3030/774906

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 30 Abril 2017

Fecha de inicio 1 Marzo 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Agosto 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

EGGXYT LTD
Israel

Objetivo

In the layer industry, chicks are culled (culling is the process of killing newly hatched poultry for which the industry has no use) by billions on an annually basis via suffocation or grinding or even more cruel methods. The males are terminated since they are not useful for laying eggs or to be bread for meat and the weak or unhealthy females are being terminated as well. Thus, more than 7 billion male chicks are killed on day of hatching generating an annual loss of ~1 Billion Dollars (cost of unnecessary hatching, human employees as sexers and waste management) ,associated carbon emissions, ethical and environmental impacts. Clearly a method for in-ovo, or embryo sex-determination prior to hatching (incubation) is thus highly desired due to both ethical and economic considerations.
Our added value: We have developed a patented method –using cutting edge technologies in biology and optics - to detect the sex of the 1 day embryo immediately after being laid and before entering the 21 day incubation process. In other words, we are developing the morning after pill for chicks!!! This way, our clients - hatcheries (and practically the whole industry) are saving money, they will not need to deal with chick culling and can use the unhatched male containing eggs in secondary markets where eggs are used as an ingredient (e.g. pharma, pastry etc.). We are bringing a novel approach that contributes to i) Saving over 7 billion chick lives annually ii) Saving the industry ~ 1 Billion dollars annually and iii) adding over 7 billion eggs to the global food supply.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › gestión de residuos
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › bioquímica › biomoléculas › proteínas
• ciencias naturales › ciencias físicas › óptica
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina clínica › embriología

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.3.2.4. - Sustainable and competitive bio-based industries and supporting the development of a European bioeconomy
  
• H2020-EU.3.2.1. - Sustainable agriculture and forestry
  
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
  
• H2020-EU.3.2.2. - Sustainable and competitive agri-food sector for a safe and healthy diet
  

Tema(s)

• SMEInst-07-2016-2017 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors
  

Régimen de financiación

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

Coordinador

EGGXYT LTD

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 50 000,00
• Dirección: 36 KEREN HA YESOD STREET ; 92149 JERUSALEM ; Israel
• Pyme Sí:
  Tipo de actividad
  Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Tipo de actividad: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Coste total: € 71 429,00