Report
Teaser, summary, work performed and final results
Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SyrinJector (SyrinJector, the first smart device for livestock mass vaccination.)
Teaser
The SyrinJector project addresses the growing need for vaccines to firmly maintain livestock and public health, as well as the need to create a traceable, smarter, more user- and animal-friendly and advanced process that will enable a rapid, accurate, controlled and safe...
Summary
The SyrinJector project addresses the growing need for vaccines to firmly maintain livestock and public health, as well as the need to create a traceable, smarter, more user- and animal-friendly and advanced process that will enable a rapid, accurate, controlled and safe process. This challenge is not limited to farms and the farmer level but goes far higher in the sales chain to consumers demanding more quality assurance for the food they are buying.
At least 3 billion people are expected to join the middle class by 2050 and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that this will lead to a 60% increase in demand for high quality protein such as milk, meat, and eggs. In this context, the EU farming industry is faced with a dual challenge: to produce large quantities of high quality yet affordable meat and milk while doing so through production systems that are environmentally sound, socially responsible, and economically viable. The EU livestock sector therefore faces critical economic and social challenges related to industry sustainability, climate change, food safety, and need for traceability.
At the same time, our world becomes one big network of connections. Internet of Things trends allows almost any device around us to create and send information continuously and allow real-time valuable information to facilitate our decision making. The livestock industry is getting into this trend as well. Technology is taking the livestock industry to the next level and new trends in meat consumption will require knowing more about every single animal in the world.
The overall objective of the project is to take the SyrinJector’s unique solution for digital farming into the poultry market. For market readiness, SyrinJector has set a number of technical and strategic objectives which include the finalsiation of R&D, manufacturing of the prototypes for poultry, and Friendly User Trials with farmers in EU.
Work performed
During the Phase 1 project, the Company has identified the poultry industry as the European go-to-market for SyrinJector. To this regards, the Company has investigated the profile of potential customers and users in Europe and better defined the market potential and commercialisation plan.
The Company has also defined a clear devlopment rooadmap to take the current device for poultry from TRL 6 to TRL 9. These steps include engineering and industrialisation activities to deliver the frist and seconf batch ofprototypes.
Final results
The state of the art today includes mechanical syringes, pneumatic syringes and electronic syringes. SyrinJector distinguishes itself from competitors by using a smart system that is open for any vaccine, regardless of the type of injection and without giving exclusivity to any vaccine manufacturer.
SyrinJector presents an innovative response to a growing global demand in a way that completely changes and disrupts the existing market. The possibility of a digital authenticated injection process will become a global standard, and SyrinJector will take its place as a pioneer in this field.
The socio-economic impact of the project is related to SyrinJector\'s objective of improving food safety. Over the last decades, food safety has been a growing concern among EU citizens too. Outbreaks of disease in animals that could be transmitted to humans, or the presence of drugs above acceptable limits in feed and food, can threaten both the quality and safety of products. The food supply chain today is truly a maze that is global, dynamic and difficult to navigate for the consumer as for the business operator. Key challenging issues include traceability of the vaccination process, a challenge that we are now ready to take on.
SyrinJector aims to offer the first comprehensive solution to disrupt the way livestock are vaccinated. In this landscape, the SyrinJector device will be the first with tracing capabilities for vaccination processes to allow a new level of control for all injections sessions.
Website & more info
More info: https://syrinjector.com/.