Animal Tracking

[Norris]

Because of the extreme drought here, we deceided to sell a load of heavy bred young cows. Got all the blood work and TB testing done, vet completed the papers for the load to go to OK City, papers had my premises number and OK City Stockyards premises number. Everything according to Hoyle! We got the cows loaded and the trucker offered to buy the cows at a price I couldn't turn down; especially with no freight or commission! Cattle didn't go to OK city; went somewhere in Arkansas! How are we suposed to handle this? Are we going to have to make daily/weekly reports to USDA? Or are last minute changes now out of the question? Could have unloaded the cattle and got new paper work, or taken a couple of hundred dollars less in OK City. What's going to happen when a neighbor wants to buy a bull or a couple of cows? What kind of reports are we going to have to submit? What are we getting into?????????

 

[crpinto]

The cattle working group suggests three basic events will trigger the need for reporting animal movements: change of ownership, interstate movement, and multiple owners commingling their animals. Each exhibition will have a PIN, and the site manager will report the AIN of all animals arriving at that premises and the date of their arrival.
There are essentially four pieces of information required to document an animal movement


• The Animal Identification Number, AIN;
• The Premises Identification Number, PIN, of the location where the event takes place
• The date of the event;
• The Event Code

similar to this:

AIN Animal: 840123456789012
Date Date: February 2, 2004
PIN Premises: A12345D
Event Event: Tag applied

Animal: 840123456789012
Date: October 1, 2004
Premises: Z54321A
Event: Moved in

 

[PORKER]

Just use www.scoringag.com as it does this to the Animal record: 840123456789012
Date: October 1, 2004
Premises: Z54321A
Event: Moved in

 

[ocm]

Just use www.scoringag.com as it does this to the Animal record: 840123456789012
Date: October 1, 2004
Premises: Z54321A
Event: Moved in

The new USAIO database is only capable of storing these 4 bits of information. Not so with almost any other system.

 

[PORKER]

Breed Blonde
Visual Tag
Visual Ear Tag
RFID Label 804000000045836
Name of Animal
Premise Code 78M3476
Date of Birth
Sex Steer
Brand or Tattoo
Color Cream
Dam
Sire
Organic (y/n) no
Certification Type
Scored (y/n) no
Scoring Type
Score
Current Weight
Weighing Date/Time
011M13N47081610MW0883411+000
ONLY on SCORINGAG.COM

 

[flounder]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2005–0117]
National Animal Identification System
(NAIS); Administration of Official
Identification Devices With the Animal
Identification Number
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: This notice makes available a
document describing how an animal
identification number (AIN) may be
used in conjunction with official
identification devices in the National
Animal Identification System (NAIS).
The document includes performance
and printing requirements for visual
identification tags with AINs and
provides an explanation of the process
by which these AIN tags will be
authorized for use in the NAIS.
Performance standards for radio
frequency identification tags or devices
that may be used on cattle or bison to
supplement visual AIN tags are also
presented. Finally, the document
describes the AIN Management System,
a Web-based system for distributing and
administering AINs in the NAIS, and
discusses the roles and responsibilities
of key participants in the system.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Neil Hammerschmidt, NAIS
Coordinator, Eradication and
Surveillance Team, National Center for
Animal Health Programs, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 200, Riverdale,
MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–5571.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
As part of ongoing efforts to safeguard...SNIP...FULL TEXT



http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-3036.pdf



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