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CATTLE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM

  • US 20080270173A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2008
  • Published: 10/30/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1994
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing animals for commercial food production, comprising:

  • an identification device for identifying an individual animal from other animals in a group of animals;

    a measurement location separate from a feeding location;

    a feedlot business systems (FBS) computer for storing identification information for the individual animal to provide a recorded identification and for recording at least two physical characteristics in a database, including weight, and for matching the recorded identification with the physical characteristics, the FBS computer configured to store or access the database;

    a data entry device for entering into the FBS computer animal identification information and initial characteristics prior to a feeding period and subsequent characteristics following a feeding period during which the identified individual animal is fed with a feed group of animals; and

    a data output device in communication with the FBS computer, the FBS computer being operable to project for the identified animal a limit or target condition, projecting an estimated time or date for the identified animal to achieve the projected limit or target condition, and selecting the identified animal for further processing based at least in part on the physical, initial and/or subsequent characteristics.

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