JP2003265062A - Foldable incorporeal penetrating label using magnetic film - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label slightly affecting an organism without causing falling off and omission of discoveries and reports. <P>SOLUTION: The label 6 is obtained by describing marks 4 such as an application for survey cooperation, an agency for carrying out survey or a contact address on a flat magnetic film 3, rolling the film 3, folding the rolled film 3, shaping (miniaturizing) the folded rolled film 3 into a cylindrical form with a water-soluble adhesive 5 and providing the label 6. The resultant label 6 is then embedded in a peritoneal cavity 8 of the organism of the object of the label. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the transfer of a biological population,
The present invention relates to tag re-supplementary surveys to investigate variance and the number of individuals, especially to the tags used for individual identification in tagging surveys of fish and shellfish. 2. Description of the Related Art As conditions desired for a tag used in a tag recapture survey, (1) it is easy to be found, (2) the effect on organisms is small, (3) the tag does not fall off, and (4) the tag discoverer. Ricker (195
8) is raised. In addition, in tagging surveys where it is necessary to label edible seedlings in large quantities, (5) inexpensive and easy to apply the tag (6) it is hard to be accidentally eaten, and it is harmless to the human body if accidentally eaten. Is required. As a conventional sign, an extracorporeal tag made of metal or synthetic resin, attached to the body of a target organism with a hook, and exposing the sign body outside the body, a sign body composed of metal pieces and electronic parts, etc., is inserted into the body. There are an in-body tag that is detected using an embedded metal detector or a detector such as an X-ray, and an extracorporeal marking that scratches or marks an organism such as a fin or an ear. [0004] Examples of extracorporeal tags include anchor tags, dirt tags, and ribbon tags, all of which are exposed outside the body, making it easy to find the sign. Swimming is hindered by resistance. In addition, the wound does not close the wound, and it has a great influence on living things, such as being always a gateway to pathogen infection. Furthermore, there is a problem that the sign is always exposed to the outside world, is severely deteriorated, does not adhere to the living body, is often dropped, and cannot be tracked for more than one year. Examples of the in-body type tag include a Corded Wire Tag using a stainless wire, a gold wire marker using a gold wire, and a PIT tag made of an electronic component.
Each of these in-body tags is small because it penetrates into the body (into the connective tissue of the head and muscles), and has a relatively small effect on living things and falling off. However, since it is embedded in the half-faced body, it cannot be identified from its external appearance. Even if it is dissected, it is difficult to find it with the naked eye, so it is difficult to obtain information from ordinary people who do not have a special detector. In addition, a mark made by magnetizing a metal piece such as a code wire tag is weak in magnetism, and the magnetism is attenuated with time and cannot be detected. In addition, the use of these internal signs in the country is apt to be discouraged because they can be eaten by mistake. [0006] Examples of extracorporeal marking include a method of injecting a dye such as fin cut, fin removal, branding, latex, etc. into a transparent part, marking a few characters coded on a small solid plastic plate, and folding it. Visible Implant Alphan embedded in transparent tissue
umeric Tag and the like. In vitro marking can be attached to small seedlings and is inexpensive, but there are problems such as the disappearance of the label, difficulty in identification, and limited marking types due to the regeneration ability of the living body. Visi
ble Implant Alphanumeric
Tag and latex can be visually detected from the outside because they are inserted into the transparent part of the fish, but they cannot be used for fish species that do not have a transparent part, and it is difficult to attach a marker because the transparent part is often small. [0007] In addition to the above drawbacks, which until just labels for all labels for mounting the label released fish not trivial 10cm of causes is miniaturized, the amount of information that can be entered in the label is limited. Some codes encode the information and give the sign a lot of information, but reports from the general public who cannot read the code cannot be expected. Therefore, a common problem with all tags used today is that, even if the general public finds the tag by re-supplementing the tag fish, let us know what the tag means and where to contact it. There was a problem that information was often leaked because it was not understood. [0008] However, the movement ability of the released fish is very large, and in the tagging survey, a wide-range qualitative survey is first required to know the moving range of the target organism. For this reason, surveys on recapture reporting methods, in which fishermen and recreational fishermen are requested to report recaptures, have become the main subject, and how to collect recapture reports from the general public over a wide area has become a major issue. In the past, we asked fisheries cooperatives and markets where fish gathered to find labeled fish,
We have been using methods of storage and communication, as well as putting posters and so on and requesting reports from recreational fishermen. However, this method requires enormous costs and labor for posters, advertisements, and fish purchases. In addition, reports of recaptures are not expected if they are recaptured in places other than those advertised on posters or in areas where reports were requested. could not. In addition, since the advertising effect diminishes in a few months (deterioration of posters, weakening of people's impressions, forgetting to request reports, etc.), it did not work well for release surveys, which require surveys every several years. In addition, reports of tagged fish released by other agencies (it is difficult for amateurs to identify the type of tag), misunderstandings (it takes a long time from discovery to reporting and the memory fades), and misunderstandings (indirectly There are many cases in which reports are made), so that incorrect information may be mixed in the test data. [0009] Due to these problems, the conventional signs can cover only a short period of investigation in a practically relatively narrow area, and the information that can be costly and uncertain is uncertain. As described above, no sign that satisfies all the conditions required for the sign is currently heard. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and is a sign which is easy to be found and has no report omission. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sign which is easy to be attached to and is easy to investigate after release. [0011] In order to reduce the omission of the report and to facilitate the investigation after the release, a number of visible meanings are used so that the general public can easily understand and cooperate with the meaning of the sign. It is necessary to fill in the character information transmitted. A large surface area is required for writing a lot of character information. However, the larger the tag, the greater the impact on living things. Therefore, I came up with the idea that if a flexible thin film is folded small, the volume can be reduced, and the area can be increased without imposing a load on the organism to which the sign is attached. In addition, if exposed to the outside, the effect on living organisms will increase and the deterioration of the sign itself will become severe, so it will be used as an internal sign, and by folding an elastic material into the body (intraperitoneal cavity) with a water-soluble adhesive, We found a method to prevent the falling off because the adhesive spreads slightly in the abdominal cavity and becomes larger than the entry hole, so that it can be spread out even more when it is taken out of the abdominal cavity to make it easier to find.
Furthermore, they discovered that a strong magnetic force can be maintained for a long period of time by applying a thin coating of magnetic substance fine powder, and a magnetic detector was used to facilitate discovery from outside. [0012] Based on the above findings, the flat magnetic film is folded from the above findings, penetrated into the animal body (intraperitoneal cavity), and used for re-supplementation of labeling (mainly for tagging of fish and the like).
The present invention has been devised as a sign of the present invention. Referring to the drawings, as shown in FIG. 1, a fine powder of a hard magnetic material 2 is applied to a film 1, deposited, or kneaded into a film material. Use film as material. On the surface of the film, as shown in Fig. 2, the request for cooperation in the release of the fish, the data on the type of fish released, the institution conducting the survey, the contact information, etc. 4 can be visually checked and entered in a language that can be easily understood by the general public. I do. The engraved magnetic film can be easily mass-produced by using a conventional machine by cutting an electronically copied magnetic sheet into small pieces. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, this film is wound, folded small, shaped into a cylindrical shape, and the ends are bonded with a water-soluble adhesive 5. In addition, by dissolving and kneading antibiotics (such as streptomycin and terramycin) and vaccines for preventing infectious diseases into the adhesive beforehand, it is possible to omit the medicine bath and the medication process after the label is attached. The film 1 is preferably made of a material having both flexibility and water resistance, and examples thereof include plastic, rubber, cellulose, and metal foil. Plastic materials are polyethylene, polypropylene, and methylpentene resin. Polycarbonate, vinyl chloride resin, methacrylic resin, polystyrene, styrene / acrylonitrile copolymer, styrene resin, ABS resin, acetal resin, nylon,
There are fluororesins and the like, all of which have thermoplasticity, are easy to process, have water resistance, are harmless to living bodies, and are preferable as materials. Paper and cellophane include cellulose. There is acetate, etc., which is naturally degraded outside the body by Bacillus subtilis. Rubber includes silicone and the like, and has high biocompatibility and little influence on living bodies. In addition, when the color of the film is a color with good visibility such as a fluorescent color, it is easy to find out. As the magnetic material, any material having magnetism can be used. Nickel, cadmium,
terbium. Alloys and intermetallic compounds containing dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, etc .; ferromagnetic materials such as EuO, CrO ₂ , CrBr ₃ , M
Antiferromagnetic substances such as nO, Cr ₂ O ₃ , FeS, FeCl ₂ , and MnAs, and ferrimagnetic substances such as various ferrites such as Fe ₃ O ₄ , iron garnet, and chromite have particularly strong magnetism and a large coercive force. Therefore, it has a desirable property as a marker that is easy to detect and has no magnetic attenuation for a long time. Further, the coercive force can be increased to 300 to 500 Oe by applying a thin powder of a magnetic material (the coercive force of a metal piece such as a cord wire tag is about 50 Oe). The present invention can record audio information and image information as well as audio tapes and video tapes. Alternatively, if the information is digitized and recorded, it is possible to record a huge amount of information that is more than sufficient for a tag survey, and if the reading device is linked to a computer, data management becomes easy. The small sign 6 completed in this way is
As shown in FIG. 5, it is loaded into a syringe-type marker driving device 7 and inserted into the peritoneal cavity 8 of the fish to be labeled. As shown in FIG. 6, the water-soluble adhesive, whose end has been adhered by the body fluid, is dissolved in the marker 6 that has been injected into the abdominal cavity, and spreads slightly according to the size of the gap in the abdominal cavity. Therefore, the marker 6 becomes larger than the injection hole 10 of the injection needle and does not fall off. In addition, the entry hole of the sign is closed in a few days, so that the sign does not fall off completely. In addition, there is nothing to hinder the fusion of the wound, and the drug acts directly so that the wound is immediately closed, and the mounting part does not become a pathogen of the pathogen, unlike external signs. The film is made of a flexible material and does not damage the internal organs. Next, the labeled fish are released. However, since the marker is in the fish body, there is no resistance to water, and the likelihood of being detected by an external enemy is no different from that of the unlabeled fish. Furthermore, since it is made of a flexible material, it does not deform according to the movement of the body and does not hinder the movement. In addition, materials that are not toxic to living organisms are used. As described above, the effect on the target organism for labeling is very slight, and the feature is that there is no dropout of the label. Further, since the sign itself is not exposed to external environmental changes such as ultraviolet rays, there is no deterioration of the material and the marking. Thereafter, the labeled fish are dispersed and moved over a wide range as they grow, and are replenished in various places. Fish re-supplied by fishermen are collected at fisheries cooperatives and markets, so that researchers can be deployed and magnetic markers can be used to collectively check for signs. There is no need to open the stomach or check the fish one by one because of magnetic detection, and you can check the presence of labeled fish at once by simply tracing the mountainous object with a detector. In this way, they can be reliably detected,
It is very effective for quantitative investigation because there is no dropout and no effect on organisms. Further, when the fish is resupplied outside the range where the recreational fishermen and the investigators other than the fishermen are arranged, as shown in FIG. It is cut open. At this time, the marker 6 is taken out together with the internal organs 11, but the marker 6 released from the intra-abdominal pressure is spread, becomes apparently larger, and is easily noticed by the cook. The sign is easily visible because the sign has a good visibility and the size of the sign increases.
Furthermore, it is eliminated together with the built-in non-edible portion 11 and is easy to find, so that there is no risk of accidental eating, and it can be used in Japan like a conventional external sign. In addition, since it is made of a material that is harmless to the human body, rather than a hard material such as a metal piece, even if it accidentally eats, it is easily discharged outside the body without damaging the digestive organs. On the surface of the sign, a message such as a request for cooperation in sign survey, date of release, executing agency, and contact information is clearly stated so that the signer can understand what the sign means. You can immediately understand where the report is and what you should report, and you can contact the signing surveying agency directly from home without making a mistake in the place to contact. At this time,
Valuable data such as fish size, catch location and stomach contents can be heard directly with confirmation. In this way, since a contact can be made immediately without a third party being interposed, there is no mixing of wrong information due to weakness of hearing or memory. Furthermore, since the tag itself has an advertising effect and moves with the tagged fish, re-supplementary reports can be expected outside the advertising area or outside the advertising period by posters. In other words, this sign allows long-term qualitative surveys on a global scale of several years without large-scale surveys and publicity. The sign is a sign with a poster, for example, and it is particularly unique in that its advertising effect prevents omission of reports. As described above, this label has a simple structure, but the conditions required for the label are as follows: (1) easy to find; (2) little effect on living organisms; (3) no loss of the label; It satisfies all of the following: there are few reports, (5) it can be easily mass-produced, and there is no cost. (6) it is harmless to the human body and is not easily eaten by mistake. In addition, it can be used for both qualitative and quantitative surveys, and has many advantages such as low cost. EXAMPLE In Example 1 (labeling test using fish having a total length of 5 to 10 cm), plastic polyethylene was used as a film material. The color was yellow, and fine particles of chromium dioxide were applied. The film size is 4cm x 1cm x
The thickness was set to 0.05 mm, and engraving was performed by printing using an ink ribbon. After being magnetized by a permanent magnet,
Round the film into a cylindrical shape (radius 1mm x height 1c)
m) The ends were fixed with a water-soluble adhesive into which terramycin was kneaded. The labels thus completed were respectively mounted on ten fishes of 8 cm in length. The syringe was modified and a self-made marker driving device 7 was used. The marker 6 in the injection needle was pushed out with a shaft fixed to a piston, and was inserted into the abdominal cavity 8. The driving machine was provided with a magazine 9 so that the marker could be continuously fed into the injection needle. No drug bath or medication was given after the injection. Japanese horse mackerel is bred for one year in a marine submarine net cage at a cultivation site in the Seto Inland Sea.
Survival, behavior, marker shedding rate, magnetic detector detection rate, and intraperitoneal marker status were investigated. For comparison, non-fitted fish and those with a dart-type external marker, which is now commonly used, attached to the back were bred in the same manner. Table 1 shows the results. In the behavioral observation after tagging, no abnormal behavior was observed for the film-type marker as in the control group, and for the dirt-type marker, the behavior of rubbing the marker-attached part on the fish net was observed. The dart-type label was suppurated and the wound was not closed until picking up, but the entry hole was closed in a few days with the film-type label. In addition, it was possible to detect magnetism from the same distance (20 cm from the fish body) as when it was worn without attenuation of magnetism. One year later, the condition of the film inside the abdominal cavity was 1
All of the 0 samples were in a good storage state without discoloration of the label, loss of characters, and damage to the label body. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the marker was slightly spread and wrapped in adipose tissue, and no damage or bleeding was observed in other organs or the inner wall of the abdominal cavity. When the internal organs were removed, the marker spread further and was easily found. [Table 1] In Example 2 (labeling test using cephalopods with a total length of 4 to 8 cm), plastic vinyl chloride was used as the film material. The color was a green fluorescent color, and fine particles of gamma iron oxide were kneaded into vinyl chloride. The film size was 4 cm × 5 mm × thickness 0.01 mm, and was stamped by electronic copying. The film was rounded and shaped into a cylindrical shape (radius 0.25 mm × height 5 mm), and the end was fixed with a water-soluble adhesive into which sodium niflustyrene was kneaded. Each of the completed markers was attached to the abdomen of an octopus having a total length of 6 cm. The needle of the mounting device used for mounting is thinner.
A 2 mm one was used. A dirt-type external marker was also attached to the end of the abdomen. The breeding was carried out in a concrete aquarium.
The same test was performed. The results are shown in Table 2. [Table 2] Example 3 (Labeling test using shells with a shell width of 4 to 6 cm) Plastic polypropylene was used as the film material. The color was orange fluorescent and cobalt was deposited on polypropylene. Film size is 4
cm × 8 mm × thickness 0.01 mm, and stamped by electronic copying. The film was rounded and shaped into a columnar shape (radius 0.25 mm × height 8 mm), and the whole was soaked in a water-soluble adhesive kneaded with sodium nifurstyreneate, coated and fixed. A sign was struck into the front edge of a 5 cm instep incision. A dirt-type external marker was also attached to the front edge. The breeding was carried out in a concrete tank laid with sand, and the same test as in Example 1 was performed. The results are shown in Table 3. [Table 3] As described above, this marker has a simple structure, (1) is easily detected, (2) has little effect on living organisms, (3) there is no dropout of the label, and (4) there is no report from the label discoverer. It satisfies all of the requirements for signs, such as low (5) easy mass production and low cost (6) harmless to human body due to poor eating. Therefore, both qualitative and quantitative surveys can be performed. Furthermore, since the name of the release agency and contact information are written on the sign itself, the information can be obtained from the general public without any research efforts such as advertising. In addition, it has the property that the sign does not fall off, so that information can be obtained no matter how far away from the publicity, even after decades. For this reason, it is possible to conduct a long-lived fish survey with a high ability to move, which was previously impossible to investigate, at little cost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a full development view of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a partially exploded view of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a view showing a mounting method of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view showing a state immediately after the fish body of the present invention is worn in the abdominal cavity. FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the present invention is taken out from a fish body and found. FIG. 8 is a photograph showing a state in a fish body one year after the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1 Film 2 Hard magnetic material 3 Magnetic film
4 Carved seal 5 Water-soluble adhesive 6 Mark 7
Marking tool 8 Abdominal cavity 9 Magazine 10 Entry hole 11 Built-in 12 Fat

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. The folded film is inserted into a living organism,
Use as a marker for reassessment of the marker.