Method for administering a drug program to determine whether an animal has been given a drug
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1. A method for administering a drug program related to an animal, comprising:
- receiving a digital image of an organ from an animal depicting the quality or grading of said organ;
determining an animal from which the organ was derived, wherein the animal is a bovine, porcine or ovine animal;
associating the digital image and the determined animal with the presence or absence of a drug or combination of drugs that was previously administered to an animal, said drug selected from the group consisting of tylosin, an antibiotic and a beta receptor agonist; and
using a processor, evaluating, by reference to the digital image depicting the organ, whether the determined animal has been treated with the drug or combination of drugs, wherein said evaluating step comprises determining the presence of abnormalities of said organ and wherein the organ is selected from the group consisting of brain, liver, tongue, pancreas gland, thymus gland, stomach, feet, kidney, lungs, heart, small intestine, testicles, placenta, crop and caul.
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Systems and methods are described that provide a fast and simple way of administering a drug program related to an animal. Specifically, systems are provided that can receive, compile and analyze information regarding the condition of an organ in a form that is readily readable, transferable to others, and associated with, or linked to, other information such as the presence or absence of an administered drug, combination of drugs, or drug program.
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1. A method for administering a drug program related to an animal, comprising:
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receiving a digital image of an organ from an animal depicting the quality or grading of said organ; determining an animal from which the organ was derived, wherein the animal is a bovine, porcine or ovine animal; associating the digital image and the determined animal with the presence or absence of a drug or combination of drugs that was previously administered to an animal, said drug selected from the group consisting of tylosin, an antibiotic and a beta receptor agonist; and using a processor, evaluating, by reference to the digital image depicting the organ, whether the determined animal has been treated with the drug or combination of drugs, wherein said evaluating step comprises determining the presence of abnormalities of said organ and wherein the organ is selected from the group consisting of brain, liver, tongue, pancreas gland, thymus gland, stomach, feet, kidney, lungs, heart, small intestine, testicles, placenta, crop and caul. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for administering a drug program related to an animal, comprising:
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separating at least one organ of interest from other organs, the organs derived from an animal selected from the group consisting of a bovine, porcine or ovine animal; grading the at least one organ of interest wherein the at least one organ of interest is selected from the group consisting of brain, liver, tongue, pancreas gland, thymus gland, stomach, feet, kidney, lungs, heart, small intestine, testicles, placenta, crop and caul; capturing an image of the at least one organ of interest; associating the at least one organ of interest and the image with at least one of;
a) an animal and b) a lot of origin;analyzing the image to determine the grade of the at least one organ of interest; associating the determined grade of the at least one organ of interest with the at least one of an animal and lot of origin; and using a processor, determining the presence or absence of an administered drug or combination of drugs for one of the at least one of an animal and lot of origin, wherein said determining step comprises accessing the presence of abnormalities of said at least one organ. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method for determining whether an animal was administered a drug, comprising:
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capturing an image of a liver of an animal after the animal has been slaughtered by having said liver scanned within a field of view of a means for generating an image; associating the image with a lot of origin of the animal; using a processor, analyzing the image to determine whether the liver indicates that the animal has experienced infection or disease, said analyzing step comprising a review of visual evidence of liver abnormalities; and determining whether the animal was previously administered a drug selected from the group comprising an antibiotic drug, tylosin and a beta receptor agonist. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for determining whether an animal was administered a drug, comprising:
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capturing an image of at least one lung of the animal by passing the at least one lung within the field of view of a means for generating an image; associating the image with a lot of origin of the animal; using a processor, analyzing the image to determine whether the at least one lung indicates that the animal has experienced infection or disease, said analyzing step comprising a review of visual evidence for the presence of lung abnormalities; and determining whether the animal was previously administered a drug or combination of drugs, said drug or combination of drugs comprising at least an antibiotic, and wherein said determining comprises correlating an identifying number of an individual animal with said at least one lung, and wherein the animal is a bovine, porcine or ovine animal. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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