Method and system for collecting, managing and reporting feedlot data and feed additive consumption data
First Claim
1. A method of determining a number of doses of an animal health product that have been provided to livestock, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a processor;
providing a memory device;
inputting feed records including feed consumption data from a feedlot accounting system into the memory device, the feed consumption data corresponding to feed delivered to a plurality of feedlot pens including a first feedlot pen holding first livestock;
inputting feed ingredients including an animal health product level into the memory device;
having the processor determine a total quantity of animal health product provided to the first livestock by correlating the feed consumption data in the memory device to the animal health product level in the memory device;
inputting an intended dose amount for the animal health product into the memory device; and
having the processor divide the total quantity of the animal health product provided to the first livestock by the intended dose amount to determine a number of doses of the animal health product that have been provided to the first livestock.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for collecting, managing and reporting feedlot data and feed additive consumption data are provided. More particularly, methods of determining effects of feed additives on livestock and methods of determining a number of doses of animal health product provided to livestock are disclosed. One method of determining effects of a feed additive on livestock includes steps: determining feed additive consumption by correlating feed consumption data to additive levels contained in feed; and matching feed additive consumption to a live performance record, a harvest performance record, and/or an animal health performance record. In another embodiment, a method of determining a number of doses of animal health product provided to livestock includes steps: determining a total quantity of animal health product provided to the livestock; determining a dose amount for the animal health product; and dividing the total quantity of animal health product provided by the dose amount.
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1. A method of determining a number of doses of an animal health product that have been provided to livestock, the method comprising the steps:
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providing a processor; providing a memory device; inputting feed records including feed consumption data from a feedlot accounting system into the memory device, the feed consumption data corresponding to feed delivered to a plurality of feedlot pens including a first feedlot pen holding first livestock; inputting feed ingredients including an animal health product level into the memory device; having the processor determine a total quantity of animal health product provided to the first livestock by correlating the feed consumption data in the memory device to the animal health product level in the memory device; inputting an intended dose amount for the animal health product into the memory device; and having the processor divide the total quantity of the animal health product provided to the first livestock by the intended dose amount to determine a number of doses of the animal health product that have been provided to the first livestock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method of determining what types and amounts of animal health product to give to livestock, the method comprising:
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receiving with a second computing system feedlot data transmitted by a first computing system, the feedlot data including; consumption data corresponding to feed delivered to a plurality of feedlot pens including a first feedlot pen and a second feedlot pen, each of the plurality of feedlot pens including one or more animals, the first feedlot pen receiving a first feed and the second feedlot pen receiving a second feed, at least one of the first feed and the second feed including an animal health product; a first number of animals in the first feedlot pen; and a second number of animals in the second feedlot pen; computing, for the first feedlot pen based on the first feed and the first number of animals, a first animal health product dose; computing, for the second feedlot pen based on the second feed and the second number of animals, a second animal health product dose, the second animal health product dose being different than the first animal health product dose; and comparing, by the second computing system, at least one of a live performance record, a harvest performance record, and an animal health performance record, for an animal in the first feedlot pen, to at least one of another live performance record, another harvest performance record and another animal health performance record, for another animal in the second feedlot pen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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