Technology as a tool to ensure biosafety in agribusiness

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.8208112615012

• Palavras-chave: Biosecurity, standards, technology, pigs, poultry.

• Keywords: Biosecurity, standards, technology, pigs, poultry.

• Abstract:

  The spread of pathogens among pig and poultry farms can be the result of biosecurity failures, becoming a very serious problem for the entire Brazilian agribusiness chain. Among the biosecurity measures implemented, controlling access by people and vehicles is essential to prevent the spread of agents such as the avian influenza virus. Combining technology with this control is a promising tool, such as the development of an electronic gate system to control access by people and vehicles. The proposal consists of a facial and/or digital recognition system associated with the registration of people in a database (full name, social security number, occupation, etc.), where all registrations and records communicate with a cloud database to correlate data between all farms. When an individual does not comply with the predetermined sanitary vacuum, the system blocks entry to the farm, thus preventing them from carrying pathogens from one farm to another.