Could a new test predict COVID-19 in meat processing workers?
Speaker: Joy Parr Drach, president and CEO, Advanced Animal Diagnostics

Rapid, undetected spread of COVID-19 slowed and even stopped meat processing capacity earlier this year. Differentials can be used to screen people to identify those likely to test positive for COVID-19, triage by predicting COVID-19 in the early stage of infection and track progress of those patients. A new automated, mobile, patient-side white blood cell differential test provides results in a minute and a half.

Remote sensing for crop uniformity and weight estimation
Speaker: Claire Lewis, CEO, Pondus Technology

Weight estimation and crop uniformity is currently poorly measured and monitored in poultry production causing significant financial losses to the poultry supply chain. This technology uses image processing and machine learning to replace stressful manual weighing of birds. Automatic weigh scales deliver touchless, accurate and representative information for informed decision making.

Precision technology to revolutionize protein production
Speaker: Ramin Karimpour, CEO and founder, Applied LifeSciences & Systems

The high throughput automated individual vaccine delivery system will enable the poultry industry to effectively vaccinate every individual chick on the day of hatch. This will allow each chick to develop the necessary immunity against disease, subsequently saving an estimated $11 billion annually, as chemicals and antibiotics will no longer be needed in the process. Other sub-systems under development include automated gender identification and automated health inspection. These sub-systems will further impact productivity and sustainability of growth for the industry.

Q&A following the presentation moderated by Terrence O'Keefe, Content Director, WATT Global Media