Descripción del proyecto
Detectar el género de los polluelos dentro del cascarón
El sexado de polluelos es el método utilizado para distinguir el sexo de los pollos después de que salgan del cascarón. Una tecnología nueva podría cambiar esto y ahorrar millones de euros y la incubación innecesaria de millones de pollos macho. Después de salir del cascarón, los polluelos identificados como machos se sacrifican inmediatamente, ya que se considera que no tienen utilidad para las industrias avícola y ponedora. Se estima que de este modo se desperdicia el 50 % de los huevos de los que salen polluelos. El proyecto eggXYt, financiado con fondos europeos, revolucionará la industria del pollo al posibilitar la detección del sexo del embrión, sin necesidad de la incubación artificial. Esta tecnología utiliza un biomarcador en el cromosoma masculino del embrión para identificar el sexo cuando escanea el huevo.
Objetivo
eggXYt makes it possible to count your chicken before they hatch - saving the lives of 7 billion layer chicks, saving the industry billions of Euros & adding 7 billion eggs to the global supply.
Each year the Layer Chicken industry sends 14 billion fertile eggs to hatcheries, where they are incubated for 3 weeks & only after they are hatched, are they manually identified as male or female by human chicken sexers. This means that 50% of the eggs, the male chicks – which are useless for both poultry & layer industries – are immediately disposed of, wasting billions of Euros. This is a massive financial & ethical challenge.
eggXYt’s CRISPR based proprietary technology revolutionizes the chicken industry. Using a biomarker on the male chromosome of a chicken embryo, the sex of the chick is detectable once the egg is laid, & more importantly before the chick hatches. Scanning the egg through the shell, eggXYt is saving billions on incubation & manual sexing costs: 7 billion male chicks will be saved from unnecessary incubation & immediate killing, & the male non incubated eggs could be repurposed to be used in the food, animal feed, pharma or cosmetic industries. The eggXYt layers lay ethical “male chick culling free eggs” – in total, eggXYt’s technology creates a €300 billion opportunity.
eggXYt was successful in both scientific & business development, resulting in several global accolades & receiving funding from various sources. SMEi-1 (Grant Agreement 774906) was used for completing the feasibility study for this innovative project & confirming its viability as a significant business opportunity. The next objective is to create a market ready eggXYt version for commercial launch in strategic markets. Successful implementation of this SMEi-2 project should lead to achievement of annual net revenues of €20.5 million by end 2025 & the employment of 20 full-time staff.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
92149 JERUSALEM
Israel
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.