Objective
The research objectives are as follows:
identification of relevant physiological parameters for monitoring, their appropriate sampling frequency and finding the ideal position within the body for measuring and for recuperation in the slaughterhouse;
development of suitable packaging in order to avoid migration, solvation, and repulsion of the system within the body, taking into account the integration of appropriate sensors with the facility to sterilize;
development of appropriate sensors and power source, which should be very small and of long life;
development of the electronics and the telemetric animal machine interface;
testing of the precompetitive product in practical farming conditions, transport and slaughterhouse procedures.
The aim was to integrate progress in knowledge of animal stress physiology within new technological based systems for intensive animal husbandry. More specifically, a precompetitive read and write intelligent biosensor which can measure body temperature, physical activity and tissue conductivity of pigs. The biosensor communicates via a computer system by signal transmission and stores relevant animal data thus conferring a form of electronic passport for each individual animal. Full applications will help to reduce medical treatment of animals, reducing chemical residues in the meat which can impair human health. An integral part of the project has been the development of sensors for monitoring physioloical changes, combined with the redesigning of the temperature measurement and transponder chips.
The aim was to integrate progress in knowledge of animal stress physiology within new technological based systems for intensive animal husbandry. More specifically, a precompetitive read and write intelligent biosensor which can measure body temperature, physical activity and tissue conductivity of pigs. The biosensor communicates via a computer system by signal transmission and stores relevant animal data thus conferring a form of electronic passport for each individual animal. Full applications will help to reduce medical treatment of animals, reducing chemical residues in the meat which can impair human health.
A decoder unit has been designed and prototype layouts carried out. Testing of the prototype has shown the requirements for small modifications, which will be encompassed in the next generation of boards. Microprocessor topology has been evaluated as has the development of a relay which will act as an intermediary between the transponder and a remote decoder.The relay will be polled periodically by the decoder, collecting the real time data from the transponder with transmission of this data to the decoder.
The aim was to integrate progress in knowledge of animal stress physiology within new technological based systems for intensive animal husbandry. More specifically, a precompetitive read and write intelligent biosensor which can measure body temperature, physical activity and tissue conductivity of pigs. The biosensor communicates via a computer system by signal transmission and stores relevant animal data thus conferring a form of electronic passport for each individual animal. Full applications will help to reduce medical treatment of animals, reducing chemical residues in the meat which can impair human health.
Piglets of well known genotypes with respect to the halothane gene (porcine stress syndrome) were provided for the laboratory experiments. Injection experiments for packaging material evaluation have also been performed.
The aim was to integrate progress in knowledge of animal stress physiology within new technological based systems for intensive animal husbandry. More specifically, a precompetitive read and write intelligent biosensor which can measure body temperature, physical activity and tissue conductivity of pigs. The biosensor communicates via a computer system by signal transmission and stores relevant animal data thus conferring a form of electronic passport for each individual animal. Full applications will help to reduce medical treatment of animals, reducing chemical residues in the meat which can impair human health.
The application of batteries in transponders requires the development of very small batteries. To fulfil the requirements, the battery should have a high volumetric energy density. In order to optimize the battery development a case study has been made with respect to the anode, the electrolytes, the cathodes, the complete cells, the cell construction and the selection of technology for the transponder application. This has allowed the practical development of batteries.
The aim was to integrate progress in knowledge of animal stress physiology within new technological based systems for intensive animal husbandry. More specifically, a precompetitive read and write intelligent biosensor which can measure body temperature, physical activity and tissue conductivity of pigs. The biosensor communicates via a computer system by signal transmission and stores relevant animal data thus conferring a form of electronic passport for each individual animal. Full applications will help to reduce medical treatment of animals, reducing chemical residues in the meat which can impair human health.
Development of a data acquisition unit and allied software have resulted in a system which is used within current experiments for collecting data on body temperature by telemetry during housing and transport of piglets, thereby allowing the identification of physiological parameters.
Prior devices and systems for monitoring animal data have concentrated primarily in the area of wildlife biosystems. Such wildlife tags, being mostly implantable transmitters and receivers for low level signals from animals by telemetry, are well developed. The problem with farm animals is that such implants are expensive and implantation requires surgery under general anaesthesia. External tagging devices, while cheaper, tend to get lost and can be unreliable. Implants can measure quickly the physiological response to heat stress, feeding and exercise. However, there remains a substantial need for a commercially acceptable long life, and long range telemetry system for accurate monitoring and identification on a group or herd basis.
Within the proposed project focusing on pig farming, an intelligent biosensor will be developed based on an injectable long life telemetry system, having the appropriate sensors for animal physiological monitoring and identification. The device will be applicable in methods of harvesting and collection within intensive animal husbandry systems thus enhancing animal performance, optimizing subsequent processing and marketing, and avoiding undesirable side effects on animal and human health.
The innovative features will be a combination of advantages with respect to biosensor monitoring: injectable, precise, cheap, with read and write facilities from and to individual animals kept within a group, providing them with a form of electronic passport.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsbiosensors
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicstopology
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiology
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry
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Belgium