The benefits behind the Internet in the poultry industry

AVINEWS INTERNATIONAL| aviNews International July 2021 | Trends

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The adoption rate of new technologies in the poultry industry is one of the highest in the agricultural sector. One of the most disruptive technologies is the Internet of Things (IoT), the network of interconnected devices and software without human intervention.

In the poultry sector, the Internet of Animals (IoA) starts when these interconnected systems transfer data to the network related to the animal environmental conditions and the animal responses to be used in decision-making or to take immediate actions.
The IoA belongs to the technological movement of smart farming and precision livestock farming technologies.

The poultry industry has been receiving some of the benefits of the rapid expansion of electronic sensors, devices, telecommunications, software, internet, and cloud-based connectivity. However, new developments in these areas can take us to a whole new level.

The IoA can help to improve the efficiency, biosecurity, food safety, welfare, sustainability, and transparency of the poultry industry.

We’ll make a short review of the current and potential applications.

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Blockchain is a distributed or decentralized ledger technology used with IoT and now with IoA to make machine-to-machine transactions possible.
Blockchain is a structure that stores transactional records or information known as “blocks” in several databases known as the “chain” in a network connected through peer-to-peer nodes.
The storage is referred to as a digital ledger which is verified by multiple sources. In this way, it creates a permanent, unalterable record.
Blockchain provides traceability to animal feed and final products for processing, which is the best way to offer transparency in the production chain required nowadays by customers at all levels.

Currently, the initial economic investment to acquire and install sensors, devices, and software could be a limitation. But, soon, the return on investment could be attractive enough to make the massive implementation of these technologies a need for a more productive system.

The benefits behind the Internet of animals

Dr. Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondon

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