390 results about "Ear tag" patented technology

A plastic product such an animal ear tag (1) is laser marked with indicia (2). The contrast between the indicia (2) and the surrounding surface of the tag (1) is enhanced by the heated of the indicia following laser marking to a temperature at which the indicia and the surrounding surface have melted. In the preferred embodiment the indicia (2) is provided as a raised surface (3) and with a plurality of spaced apart peaks (4) with gaps (6) therebetween. The heating of the tag (1) is preferably by the application of a hot plate to the indicia surface of the tag and simultaneaouly or subsequently to the non-indicia surface of the tag.

An RFID system provides a transponder having a power store that can be recharged when located within an electromagnetic field generated by a transceiver unit. The power store can be a battery and/or a capacitor. In certain embodiments, the transponder can communicate over at least two different frequencies so that the real time performance of the transponder can be improved without losing backwards compatibility. The system provides an ear tag for use on livestock with superior durability and overall performance in the field.

The invention provides an ear tag for cattle. The ear tag at least comprises a wearable part and a tag part, wherein the ear tag is installed on a cattle ear by the wearable part; the tag part is used for distinguishing and monitoring the cattle; the tag part at least comprises a tag element, a satellite positioning module, a communication module, a temperature module, a heart rate sensor module, a double motion sensor module, a microcontroller and a powder module, wherein the satellite positioning module, the communication module, the temperature module, the heart rate sensor module, the double motion sensor module are respectively in data connection with the microcontroller; the powder module is respectively electrically connected with the satellite positioning module, the communication module, the temperature module, the heart rate sensor module, the double motion sensor module and the microcontroller and can supply electric energy. Compared with the existing technology, the ear tag for the cattle can effectively improve the existing grazing pattern, guarantee the healthy growth of the cattle, and realize the intelligent grazing.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an ear tag having a tag portion, a flexible connector portion rotatably coupled with tag portion on one end and with a keeper portion on the other end, and a piercing portion configured to engage keeper portion, the piercing portion including a cutting edge for insertion through animal's ear. According to some embodiments, an ear tag with tag portion, flexible connector portion rotatably coupled to the tag portion at one end, the other end configured to pierce an ear, and locking clip configured to engage the other end on a side of the ear opposite from the tag portion. According to embodiments of methods, providing a tag having a pierce receptacle rotatably coupled thereto and a pierce having a sharpened hollow end, pushing pierce through an ear in a trough between two cartilage bands, and coupling the pierce with the pierce receptacle.

Disclosed is an intelligent pig feeding device. A feeding station is arranged at the position of the edge of a pigsty, a station inlet door is arranged at one end of the feeding station, a station outlet door is arranged at the other end of the feeding station, an ear tag recognizer which can recognize electronic ear tags in an inducting mode is arranged outside the station inlet door and a first photo-electric inductor used for inducting whether a pig passes through or not is arranged in the feeding station. A middle isolation door is further arranged between the station outlet door and a feeding point, the middle isolation door divides the feeding station into a feeding area and a transition area and a second photo-electric inductor used for inducting whether a pig passes through or not is arranged in the transition area; idler wheels are arranged at the bottom of a trough, the trough is further provided with a circulation chain in a tying mode, the circulation chain is driven by a motor to rotate circularly, and the trough moves circularly under the driving of the circulation chain; a weighing sensor is further arranged at the feeding point. The invention further provides an intelligent pig feeding method. By means of the intelligent pig feeding device and method, the situation that pigs occupy the feeding station unreasonably can be avoided and the phenomenon that subsequent pigs are over fed due to the fact that a prior pig does not eat up feed is also avoided.

The present invention provides a device, preferably a collar or ear tag, capable of the controlled, sustained release of an effective amount of an active ingredient that can protect an animal against arthropod pests, comprising a reservoir containing a novel gel formulation comprising a fatty acid, an organic solvent which is a linear aliphatic ester, a silicone-based fluid, or a combination thereof, and an active ingredient that can protect the animal against one or more arthropod pests.

The invention relates to a finished cattle quality safety feeding and management method and a system which are based on radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology. Cattle ear tags are knocked in ears of finished cattle, a feeding process of the finished cattle is tracked, using conditions of feed, health cleaning, epidemic prevention and immunization, feeding environment, inspection and quarantine and veterinary drug used in the feeding process are recorded through an RFID data reading and writing technology. The whole process of feeding of the finished cattle is comprehensively and truly recorded, and therefore adequate feeding information is provided for future quality and safety tracing.

An animal ear tag having a male component including a main body portion, a neck portion extending from the main body portion and a tip portion for engagement with a female component. The distal end of the neck portion from the body portion provides a base for the tip portion. The tip portion is of pyramidal shape with at least three upper edges converging at the apex. The tip portion includes hollow areas between an internal core and two opposite pyramidal faces into which corresponding protrusions of the base of the neck portion interlock.

The invention discloses an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) label system of carcass for slaughtering of livestock, which mainly comprises a system main server for processing the supply chain information and controlling devices of communication, database and management in various links to coordinate; a database for storing the supply chain information; a carcass RFID label for identifying carcass management information; an ear tag data reading and converting device for writing information of the electronic ear tag into a carcass electronic label; a door control management device of a refrigerator house for an incoming/outgoing management system of the refrigerator house; a cold fresh product transportation management device for information acquisition and management in the process of transporting the carcass; a cutting processing and retail label data converter for compiling and printing the electronic scale barcode label with the carcass electronic label information for each piece of cut meat. The invention further discloses the application method of the system in various links of the supply chain so as to realize information acquisition and storage, production process control and traceable management of the overall process from livestock farm to meat food on a dining table.

A multifunctional intelligent breeding system, which uses functional modules, such as radio frequency ear tags and identification, a central controller, an isolation and dislodging device, a multifunctional manger, an automatic feeding device, a quantitative water supply device, automatic manger washing and remaining feed detection, to form a basic automatic feeding unit. The feeding unit can identify the identity and eating information about a pig; for a pig that does not eat during a feeding time period, feed and water are injected into a manger at the same time for precise feeding according to a feed amount and a mixing ratio pre-set by a system; and a pig that has eaten up is dislodged in real time; and the manger is automatically washed at the end of feeding. According to practical demands, functional modules such as weight and body temperature detection, forage poisonous element detection and automatic medicine feeding are added to each automatic feeding unit; and concentrative management is applied to all automatic feeding units via a remote management host, a breeding management information system and communication network. The system realizes automatic and intelligent feeding of the livestock.

The present invention provides novel insecticidal animal ear tags, neck collars or pendants, and a method for controlling insects in a homeothermic animal.

The invention belongs to the technical field of computer applications, and particularly relates to a radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology based meat food traceability system which is composed of an electronic ear tag, traceability bar codes, an RFID reader-writer and a background computer. The electronic ear tag comprises an RFID chip which is coded on a piglet body when each piglet is born; the traceability bar codes are pasted on small pieces divided by a pig carcass; information in the electronic ear tag and information in the traceability bar codes can be interconverted, the electronic ear tag and the traceability bar codes are scanned through an RFID reader-writer, relevant information can be looked up at any time, and the relevant information is imported to the background computer to perform data collection. According to the RFID technology based meat food traceability system, quality monitoring and quality traceability for the whole processes of a pig-breeding link, a slaughter processing link, a logistics link and a distribution and retail link are achieved.

An electronic animal identification ear tag. A self powered transponder is encased in a plastic housing, and the housing is affixed to a one piece metal ear clip. The ear clip has self clinching provisions that are metal only, and the housing has a bubble opening therein to accommodate the closure of the self clinching means. The self clinching locking means and, in a first embodiment, a retaining tooth formed on a leg of said metal ear clip maintain the position of the sleeve on said metal ear clip. In the first embodiment, the housing is a sleeve sliding onto the metal ear clip, while a second embodiment has the housing formed and molded around the metal ear clip.

An information carrier arrangement for an item to be identified includes a detection plate connected to the item and an electric antenna associated with the item. An electronic chip or an electronic chip module is provided on the detection plate, and a coupling element is disposed on the detection plate and connected to the electronic chip or electronic chip module. The coupling element is inductively and/or capacitatively coupled to the electric antenna. The item to be identified can be a product, a living being, a label, a tag, a single package, a containerized package or a transport aid.

The invention particularly relates to an intelligent scoring system for dairy cow body condition based on depth learning and remote video, comprises a cow walking channel, an ear tag reader, a 3D camera and a processing module, wherein the ear tag reader is used for reading cow ear tag information, the 3D camera is used for shooting a 3D image of the cow, and the processing module adopts a depth learning algorithm Faster R-CNN processes the received cow 3D image to obtain cow scoring data, associates the cow scoring data with cow ear tag information, and outputs and/or stores the cow ear tag information. The original 3D images of cow body were obtained by 3D camera and the feature database of cow BCS images was constructed. The sample set was trained by depth learning algorithm and the classification accuracy of BCS was 0.1 point. Then, 3D infrared camera and electronic ear tag are used to construct a model that can continuously track the healthy growth and production of dairy cows inthe life cycle, so that the system can identify and early warn the abnormal condition of dairy cows in advance.

The invention belongs to the field of standardized and digitalized management of a live pig breeding process and traceable supervision of a terminal product. The invention provides a mobile intelligent terminal-based building method of a pig breeding electronic record. In the whole design, the concept of modularization design is adopted; the traditional management method of a breeding file, using laws and regulations of feed additives and veterinary medicaments and the like are combined; and the software and hardware technology of a mobile intelligent terminal and the modern wireless communication technology are integrated. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) automatically identifying a two-dimensional bar code and a universal bar code which are specified by the Ministry of Agriculture; 2) moveably acquiring and processing data in an individual pig breeding process, wherein the information comprises ear tag wearing information, immunologic information, feed using information, veterinary medicament using information, monitoring and detecting information and the like; and 3) remotely managing and maintaining the record information in the breeding process. In the invention, associated communication technology, hardware and management software are integrated, so that digitalized mobile management in the live pig breeding process can be regulated and the feeding and management level and the production effect are improved, and more importantly, a way of quickly, conveniently and efficiently sensing the information of the individual animal is provided; and establishment, management and data sharing of a pig breeding electronic record database are realized remotely through seamless link between GPRS technology (2G) or TD-SCDMA technology (3G) and the Internet.

The invention relates to modified ear tags comprising a mandrel-type plate (10), a counter plate (11), in addition to a container for receiving a sample (1) and a means for obtaining the sample (4). The means for obtaining the sample (4) has a detachable hollow tip and the counter-plate (11) has no through opening for the mandrel. The invention relates more particularly to the use of the ear tags for genotypical analysis of animal populations and to a method for analyzing animal populations with the ear tags.

The invention discloses a radio frequency ear tag for pigs in large-scale farms, which comprises an ear tag base body, a processor, and a power supply. The processor is connected to the power supply and is arranged in the ear tag base body. There are two ear tag necks on the main tag, and a buffer structure is set at the connection between the ear tag neck and the main tag, and a metal needle is set in the ear tag neck, and the metal needle is connected to the magnetic locking device on the sub-label, and the magnetic The locking device is connected with the power supply, the processor is arranged in the main label, and is connected with the acceleration sensor, the temperature sensor, the ammonia sensor and the carbon dioxide sensor, and the processor is connected with the RFID tag and the breathing light. The feeding situation, temperature and growth environment realize the storage of the pig’s life rules and living environment, and have a fault breathing alarm function, which is convenient for people to conduct a comprehensive observation and detection of the pig. At the same time, the operation is simple, and the automatic detection of data, Store and send.