METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH PROCESSES OF LIVING ORGANISMS, FOR INSTANCE THE INCUBATION (SETTING AND/OR HATCHING OUT) OF EGGS

摘要

This invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of living organisms, such as for instance animals in a stable, a greenhouse for plants, or hatching eggs in a hatching chamber, during their growth process in a living environment, comprising, in the said living environment, measuring and controlling physical or chemical quantities, such as for instance durations, temperatures and pressures of gases, body temperatures, sound frequencies, sound intensities, movements, and vibrations, characterized in that the method further comprises the following operations, - determining or measuring the magnitudes of changes of at least a single quantity of the said quantities, - for the said at least single quantity, at least substantially simultaneously comparing the said magnitudes with a preset magnitude, and - at least once changing at least one of the said quantities in the said environment when the preset magnitude is exceeded, wherein a changing maximum is set for the said changes, wherein the said determining and/or the said changing is done on collections of n organisms, with n > 1. More in particular, in the method, with respect to the organisms, the said determining or measuring on the one hand and the said changing on the other hand are done according to combinations of invasive and/or non-invasive operations. The invention further provides an apparatus for carrying out this method. In a very suitable manner, according to this invention, the growth stages and growth indicators can be determined and then be used in a control whereby, in the bio-industry, quality and yield of such products and derived products can be improved considerably.