Final Report Index

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INTRODUCTION ANTECEDENTS ON LIVESTOCK ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION 2.1 The FEOGA project 2.2 Tha AIR 2304 research project IDEA PROJECT 3.1 Objectives of the IDEA Project 3.2 Management structure of the IDEA Project 3.3 Description of the IDEA Project: 3.3.1 IDEA Guide Procedures 3.3.2 Performance testing and certification of electronic identification devices 3.3.3 Quality control of equpment used in the IDEA Project 3.3.4 Specific studies for the assesmen of reading efficiency 3.3.5 Data transmission and IDEA central database 3.3.5.1 Data Transmission 3.3.5.2 Development and management of the central database 3.3.5.3 Data analysis and evaluation 3.3.6 In field fallow up and technical meetings 3.3.7 Methodology for the analysis of the results and global evaluation of the IDEA Project 3.3.7.1 Evaluation of the performance of the electronic identification devices 3.3.7.2 Evaluation of the organisational structure Top EVALUATION OF RESULTS 4.1 In field activities 4.1.1 Method of analysis of the results from each of IDEA subprojects: tagging, reading and recovery activities 4.1.2 Global results of the IDEA Project 4.1.2.1 Analysis of tagging, reading and recovery activities 4.1.2.2 Animal casualties 4.1.2.3 Issues related of the identification of young animals 4.1.2.4 Electronic identification of cattle in Finland: operation of EID devices in cold climate 4.2 Suitable tagging and reading eqipment 4.3 Quality control of equipment 4.4 Specific therms for reading efficiency study 4.4.1 Interaction magnet/bolus 4.4.2 Immunity of stationary readers against conducted electromagnetic perturbations 4.4.3 Conducted electromagnetic emission of stationary readers 4.5 Readers reliability 4.5.1 Reading failures due to reader problems 4.5.2 Study of the readers failures during in-field control readings 4.5.3 Study of readers failures at movements and at slaughterhouse activities 4.5.4 Overall results on readers failures 4.6 Database, data recording and transmission activities 4.6.1 Data trnsmission 4.6.2 Data recording 4.7 Technical support and meetings Top LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS 6.1 Identifier application, reading and recovery 6.1.1 Cattle and buffalo 6.1.1.1 Tagging activities 6.1.1.2 Reading activities 6.1.1.3 Recovery results 6.1.1.4 Animal movement 6.1.2 Sheep and goats 6.1.2.1 Tagging activities 6.1.2.2 Reading activities 6.1.2.3 Recovery results 6.1.2.4 Animal movement 6.2 Technical characteristics of electronic identifiers and reading systems 6.2.1 Identifiers and readers 6.2.2 Standardisation 6.2.3 Reference and test laboratories 6.3 Electronic identifier codification system and re-tagging procedures 6.4 Data registration, transmission and management 6.5 Organizational structure: tagging, reading and recovery activities; data recording and transmission Top GENERAL CONCLUSION CONCLUSIVE STATEMENT REFERENCES ANNEX: DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEA SUBPROJECTS AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES Top