WO1998025211A1 - Systeme de suivi pour animaux et carcasses d'animaux - Google Patents

Systeme de suivi pour animaux et carcasses d'animaux Download PDF

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WO1998025211A1
WO1998025211A1 PCT/US1997/021712 US9721712W WO9825211A1 WO 1998025211 A1 WO1998025211 A1 WO 1998025211A1 US 9721712 W US9721712 W US 9721712W WO 9825211 A1 WO9825211 A1 WO 9825211A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K11/00—Marking of animals
    • A01K11/006—Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K11/00—Marking of animals
    • A01K11/001—Ear-tags

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  • Identification of animals is also a concern for health issues. Tracking individual animals will allow packers and suppliers to identify diseased animals and trace any problems discovered latter back to the packer and supplier.
  • the National Pork Producers Council has continued to support a unique animal identification system. However, current practices have fallen short of satisfying this need.
  • the work of the present inventors has shown that tracking of animals is one of both cost and mechanics. Once the animal is slaughtered and the carcass is cleaned and the hide or skin removed, the carcass can generally be tracked by the hook number. All that is needed is a way to match-up the information obtained at the packing plant with that provided by the supplier.
  • the present invention is an economical and reliable tracking system for animals and carcasses.
  • the tracking system of the present invention was discovered after many attempts at developing a reliable means of identifying animals through the feedlots and initial processing at slaughterhouses. Many types of tags were tried and either the animals or the water at the packing plant destroyed them. Eventually, the inventors discovered that a 2-D symbology code etched on an injection molded tag provided an economical and reliable identification system.
  • the present invention includes a tracking system for animals and carcasses comprising a tag to be attached to an animal that can be etched with a 2d symbology code.
  • the 2d symbology identifying code etched on the tag indicates the source of the animal.
  • a code reader is provided at the meat processing plant.
  • the system also includes a computer for collecting and storing source information attached to the code reader at the meat processing plant such that the source information can be accessed to provide the source information for animals processed by the meat processing plant.
  • the preferred embodiment is a polyurethane button ear tag etched with 2d symbology code.
  • the ear tag includes a post for piercing an animal's ear and an indicia face attached to the post for etching an identifying code.
  • the tag is secured by a plate that slips over a ridge at the end of the post.
  • the tag must survive at least the slaughter of the animal and the initial phase of processing.
  • scalding water is used in the dehairing process.
  • the tag must be capable of surviving whatever treatment is applied to the carcass until it is placed upon a hook and heads further down the line for further processing and inspection. Once the animal is slaughtered and the carcass is cleaned and the hide or skin removed, the carcass can generally be tracked by the hook number.
  • the packing plant can use this information in a variety of ways. Some plants determine how to cut the carcass based upon this information. Others are attempting to institute a plan for paying suppliers based upon the value of the carcasses provided. While a group of animals can be slaughtered and the carcasses processed as a group such that the supplier may be known, it is currently very difficult to track an individual carcass or point of origin. The packing plant generally is only concerned with the value of the total shipment, however, the supplier may have more interest in tracking individual animals.
  • the present invention includes a tracking system for animals and carcasses comprising a tag 1 to be attached to an animal that can be etched with a 2d symbology code 2.
  • Figure 1 shows an example of a button tag 1 of the present invention.
  • the tag 1 of the present invention is intended to pierce the ear of the animal to be identified.
  • the preferred embodiment is a polyurethane button ear tag 1 etched with 2d symbology data matrix code 2.
  • the ear tag 1 includes a post 3 for piercing an animal's ear and an indicia face 4 attached to the post 3 for etching an identifying code 2.
  • the tag 1 is secured by a plate 5 that slips over a ridge 6 at the end of the post 3. Due to injection molding concerns, the post 3 is generally hollow and the indicia face 4 generally has a hole 7 in the center.
  • Code readers 10 are commercially available and are provided at the meat processing plant.
  • Figure 3 shows an operator scanning a tag 1 with a code reader 10.
  • the system also includes a computer 11 for collecting and storing source information. The computer 11 attached to the code reader 10 at the meat processing plant such that the source information can be accessed to provide the source information for animals processed by the meat processing plant.
  • the code could be read during ultrasonic evaluation of the carcass and the information stored collectively in a database for later evaluation and reporting. This may be the extent to which tracking is necessary, but the present invention can be used in conjunction with other methods for tracking meat products once they leave the packing plant.
  • the user could scan the tag 1 then scan a code 13 on the hook 14 to let an internal tracking system follow the carcass through later processing.
  • the code 13 on the hook 14 is matched up to the identifying code 2 on the ear tag 1.
  • the ear tag lean then be physically removed from the carcass, but still tracked because of the code 13 on the hook 14.
  • the code 13 is preferably of the same 2d symbology technique as the identifying code 2 on the ear tag 1, but as long as, they are both readable by the same scanner the user can still read both codes quickly.
  • a typical gambrel hook 14 can be marked with a MECCOTM marking machines or potentially etched with lasers.
  • the 2d symbology identifying code 2 etched on the tag 1 should at least indicate the source of the animal but it is anticipated that individual animal numbers might be assigned in addition to other tracking codes that might be desired.
  • a 3/8" x 3/8" square 15 x 15 dot matrix code provides a ten character alphanumeric code with over a thirty percent error correction/redundancy built in.
  • the method of providing the code is relatively important. Labels and ink can be washed off. Etching the code provides a durable and economical solution to the problems of retaining code integrity
  • the code is laser etched onto a one inch diameter indicia face 4 of the tag 1. For etching, the best results have been obtained with a StarMark 65 Watt Nd- YAG laser marking system available from A-B Lasers, Inc.. To include more characters, the matrix can easily be expanded. The entire code 2 could be repeated on a different section of the indicia face 4. The indicia face 4 could also be elliptical as shown in Figure 2.
  • Data Matrix is a previously known and published code. Further information is available in brochures from International Data Matrix, Inc. at 9 Townsend West, Nashua, NH 03063 and the brochures and information are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the data matrix code is still highly accurate even with limited amounts of degradation of the cells.
  • Other types of 2d symbology coding are gaining acceptance and can be used in this application.
  • PDF417 can require very accurate alignment with the reader, it has many advantages that make it work consideration. The readers are often capable of reading bar codes as well, so a standard bar-coding system could be used in conjunction with the PDF417 coding of the identification code 2.
  • the alignment problems can be solved by shaping the tags to fit into an adapter to the reader lens, such that proper regisration is required.
  • Laser etching the matrix into an injection molded tag means that water does not interfere with image recognition as it would with a printed image.
  • Polyurethane is bit more expensive that other forms of material (polyethylene, etc.) that could be used for the tag, but it is less susceptible to UV degradation and provides excellent contrast in the laser etched code. This is of greater concern when animals will be wearing the tag for long periods of time outdoors, e.g. dairy cattle. In most applications, however, less expensive material can be used.
  • the present invention is an economical and reliable tracking system for animals and carcasses.
  • the tracking system of the present invention was discovered after many attempts at developing a reliable means of identifying animals through the feedlots and initial processing at slaughterhouses. Many types of tags were tried and either the animals or the water at the packing plant destroyed them. Eventually, the inventors discovered that a 2-D symbology code etched on an injection molded tag provided an economical and reliable identification system.

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La présente invention concerne un système de suivi (1) pour animaux et carcasses d'animaux comprenant un étiquette d'oreille (1) à attacher sur un animal sur laquelle on peut graver un code (2) symbolique 2-D. Le code (2) symbolique 2-D, identificateur, gravé sur l'étiquette d'oreille (1) indique l'origine de l'animal. Un lecteur de code est installé à l'abattoir. Le système comporte également un ordinateur permettant de collecter et de stocker des informations auxquelles on peut accéder de manière à obtenir des informations sur l'origine des animaux traités à l'abattoir. Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, la présente invention concerne une étiquette d'oreille en polyuréthane en forme de bouton comportant un code (2) matriciel de données symboliques 2-D. L'étiquette (1) d'oreille comporte une tige (3) permettant de percer l'oreille d'un animal et une face (4) marquée attachée à ladite tige de manière à y graver le code d'identification. L'étiquette d'oreille est fixée par une plaque (5) qui glisse sur une nervure (6) à l'extrémité de la tige. L'étiquette doit résister aux mauvais traitements infligés par les animaux lorsqu'ils sont dans un parc d'engraissement et au traitement initial dans l'usine de conditionnement.
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