A preliminary in vivo study on the potential application of e-tracking in poultry using ink printed 2D barcodes |
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| Authors: | Barry Mc Inerney Gerard Corkery Gashaw Ayalew Shane Ward Kevin Mc Donnell |
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| Institution: | Biosystems Engineering, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, Room 201, Engineering Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | A preliminary study on the potential application of electronic tracking in poultry in vivo has been conducted. The experimental procedure for this study was based on previous in vitro findings (Fröschle et al., 2009) as part of the same research programme. The study consisted of two phases whereby an initial experiment using inkjet printing of 10 × 10 DataMatrix barcodes onto the beaks of broiler chickens in a live commercial setting has been carried out. Results demonstrated very poor percentage of readability after a short period of time. Barcodes deteriorated very rapidly and this was attributed to the physical effects on the barcodes of the actions of the chickens in a commercial environment, together with the inability of the ink to bond to the hard keratinous surface of the beak. In a subsequent part of the study, a number of commercially available ink types were screened, using a predetermined abrasion testing procedure, for their ability to bond to the beak and provide a readable barcode on the beaks following some predetermined graduated physical abrasion. |
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| Keywords: | Inkjet printing Readability Beak Abrasion Poultry identification |
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