Work in Progress

摘要

Calf Aid~(TM) is North Dakota's entry into the nationwide scramble to flesh out a workable system for livestock ID and traceability. It's a project born out of biosecurity that's evolved into identifying cattle, recording data and introducing livestock traceability functions. Managed by North Dakota State University's (NDSU) Dickinson Research and Extension Center (DREG), CalfAid centers around a custom tagging operation that doubles as a demonstration in biosecurity and disaster containment. "We'vebeen evaluating the processes of managing livestock biosecurity and the electronic-based tracking of cattle for a couple of years now," says Garry Ottmar, DREG ranch manager and CalfAid team foreman. "By the end of this year we'll have nearly 10,000 head tagged."