CA2627835A1 - Cattle management method and system - Google Patents

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CA2627835A1
CA2627835A1 CA 2627835 CA2627835A CA2627835A1 CA 2627835 A1 CA2627835 A1 CA 2627835A1 CA 2627835 CA2627835 CA 2627835 CA 2627835 A CA2627835 A CA 2627835A CA 2627835 A1 CA2627835 A1 CA 2627835A1
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Abstract

An improved highly automated method and system for providing individual animal Electronic Identification, measurement and value based management of cattle in a large cattle feedlot. Through the use of (1) a computer system integrated with (2) electronic or other automatic individual animal identification (3) multiple measurement and remeasurement systems with automatic data input means and (4) a cattle handling and sorting system, animals are individually (a) identified and (b) measured by weight, external dimensions and characteristics of internal body tissue. With this information together with physiological characteristics and historical data on the animals, the computer system calculates the optimum (c) slaughter weight, (d) economic end point and (e) marketing date for shipment to a packing plant. After measurement, individual animals are (f) sorted by direction of the computer in response to calculations from the measurements. The computer system also calculates from the individual animal data and other data (g) each animal's pro rata share of the actual feed intake for the group with which it is being fed. The computer system (h) stores individual animal measurement, performance and location data, which is used by management to (i) select animals for shipment from the feedlot for slaughter at the optimum time. Following an animal's shipment to a slaughter facility, its identification in the computer system is used to (j) correlate the live animal physical characteristics and performance data to the measured and evaluated carcass characteristics data obtained during the slaughter process and (k) build a data base to more accurately identify and measure value based characteristics in subsequent animals produced and fed for more effective value based selection and management of those animals.

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1. A method for managing animals for commercial food production during a time period in which groups of animals are fed in pens in feedlots prior to shipment from the feedlot for processing into food products, comprising:
receiving animals in a feedlot;

directing animals from a group to a processing location and through a one-way chute which has gates for separating one animal at a time at a location remote from a feed pen;
entering characteristic data in a computer system for animals;
determining, from at least in part the characteristic data, a projected target condition for the animals;

directing the animals from the processing location to one or more feed pens, and there feeding the animals for a feeding period;
determining an estimated time required to reach the target condition for the animals in a feed pen considering at least in part feed ration information, a projected feed intake, a projected gain, production value and production costs;
administering a feed additive growth promotant to the animals in a feed pen based at least in part on the estimated time required to reach the target condition for the animals in the feed pen;
dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into a feed ration by a computerized feed additive delivery system for administering the feed additive growth promotant to the animals in the feed pen; and dispensing the feed additive growth promotant at a determined optimum time prior to shipment of the animals from the feedlot for determining optimum economic value for the animals in the feed pen.
2. The method according to claim 1 where the feed additive growth promotant is an ionophore.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising discontinuing dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration for the group of animals to provide a withdrawal period for the feed additive growth promotant.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting animals for further processing or management wherein selecting animals includes selecting and removing animals from a feed pen for shipment to slaughter utilizing at least in part an estimated time required to reach the optimum economic value of the animals in the pen.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein selecting animals for further processing or management includes one or more of the following:
selecting a time to administer a feed additive growth promotant to the animals;
selecting a growth promotant for administering to an individual animal at the processing location;
selecting a feed additive for feeding to the animals;
selecting a feed ration for feeding to the animals;

selecting a health or growth treatment for administering to an individual animal at the processing location;
selecting a health or growth feed additive for feeding to the animals;
selecting a product for feeding to the animals for improving the quality grading and value of the beef from the animals;

selecting a product for administering to an individual animal at the processing location for improving the quality grading and value of the beef from the animals;
selecting animals for shipment to slaughter when a drug withdrawal period has expired for a drug requiring a withdrawal period; and selecting animals for health condition treatment or management.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining an estimated time required to reach an optimum economic value of the animals in a pen is based at least in part on the individual animal characteristics and projection information stored in a computer system database.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering information relating to a group of animals, wherein the information includes one or more of condition score, cattle factors and environmental factors.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein entering measurement characteristics data in a computer system includes an internal tissue characteristic.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining in the computer system a feed efficiency for a measured and projected animal.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting animals for a sort group which is one of multiple sort groups of animals and where such animals are selected for the sort group based at least in part on the estimated time required to reach the projected target condition.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising entering and storing in the computer system an identification for the sort group into which measured individual animals are sorted.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising identifying each animal in the sort group by attaching an identification device to the animal which distinguishes it from animals of another sort group.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising entering the identification of the animal in the computer system and matching it to the sort group identification in the computer system.
14. The method of claim 10 further comprising dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration for at least one of the multiple sort groups of animals.
15. The method of claim 10 further comprising selecting an animal from a sort group which is one of the multiple sort groups and shipping the animal for slaughter at a time different from the estimated time required to reach the projected target condition for the sort group.
16. The method of claim 10 further comprising entering into the computer system a predetermined animal capacity for multiple feed pens and determining in the computer a number of measured individual animals per pen so that the feed pen animal capacity is substantially achieved.
17. The method of claim 10 further comprising sorting the measured animals into multiple sort groups of animals commingled by mixing animals from different original groups of animals.
18. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining in the computer system a revised estimated time required for animals to reach the target condition.
19. The method of claim 1 where the computer system comprises plural computers in communication with each other.
20. The method of claim 1 where determining optimum economic value may include one or more of market price, grade and projected animal performance.
21. The method of claim 1 where determining optimum economic value includes projecting marketing dates of animals, utilizing projected production costs of animals compared to projected market value of such animals, and using that data to select individuals or groups of animals for slaughter on a date that will maximize economic performance of the individual or group.
22. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining in a computer system database adjusted formulas for improving over time management accuracy of future animals from growth performance data of the animals.
23. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristic data for the animals includes an average weight of the animals in the group.
24. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristic data for the animals includes measurement of the animals at the processing location.
25. The method of claim 1 wherein the target condition includes an optimum economic value for the animals in the pen.
26. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristic data includes a weight.
27. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristic data includes an external dimension.
28. The method of claim 1 wherein characteristic data includes two or more of the characteristics of weight, external dimension and internal tissue.
29. The method of claim 1 further comprising dispensing multiple feed additives into the feed ration by the computerized feed additive delivery system for administering the feed additives to the animals in a feed pen.
30. The method of claim 1 further comprising dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration at a time prior to the estimated time required to reach the target condition to facilitate optimizing the economic value of the animals in the pen.
31. The method of claim 1 where determining optimum economic value includes substantially optimizing meat quality and yield characteristics.
32. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering into the computer system at least animal health history and treatment data, bunkreader and feed truck feed ration assignment and delivery data, computerized feed additive delivery system feed additive data, and animal prior history data.
33. The method of claim 32 further comprising collecting and storing the data in a computer system database to calculate desired animal information.
34. The method of claim 33 where desired animal information includes a production value.
35. The method of claim 32 where animal history data includes at least age and source data.
36. The method of claim 32 further comprising entering economic information.
37. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering into the computer system at least age and source data.
38. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering into the computer system economic information.
39. The method of claim 1 further comprising entering into the computer system genetic data.
40. A method for managing animals for commercial food production which includes a time period in which groups of animals are fed in pens in feedlots prior to shipment from the feedlot for processing into food products, comprising:

entering into a computer system information relating to a group of animals;
directing animals from the group to a processing location and through a one-way chute which has gates for separating one animal at a time at a location remote from a feed pen;
entering characteristic data into the computer system for animals;
measuring individual animals at the processing location and entering measurement characteristic data in the computer system including at least weight;

determining in the computer system, from at least in part the measurement characteristic data, a projected target condition for individual animals;
entering the target condition for individual animals into the computer system and correlating the target condition with at least the weight measurement characteristic data for the individual animals;

determining in the computer system for the individual animals a projected feed intake, a projected gain and an estimated time required to reach the target condition, from at least in part the measured characteristic data, the projected target condition, feed ration information, and if used, growth promotants;
entering into the computer system a predetermined animal capacity for multiple feed pens and determining in the computer a number of measured individual animals per pen so that the feed pen animal capacity is substantially achieved;
selecting measured individual animals for one of multiple sort groups of animals which have been selected for a sort group based at least in part on the estimated time required to reach the projected target condition;
directing measured animals from the processing location to one or more feed pens, and there feeding a group of animals for a feeding period;

entering into the computer system for each sort group an estimated time required to reach the target condition; and determining for the individual animals or sort group an estimated time required to reach the target condition, following measurement and during the time the animals are being fed for the feeding period based at least in part on composition of the ration and estimated feed intake.
41. The method of claim 40 further comprising measuring individual animals at a processing location and entering an external dimension.
42. The method of claim 40 further comprising measuring individual animals at a measurement location and entering an internal tissue characteristic.
43. The method of claim 40, further comprising:
administering a feed additive growth promotant to the animals in a feed pen based at least in part on the estimated time required to reach the target condition for the animals in the feed pen;
dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration by a computerized feed additive delivery system for administering the feed additive growth promotant to the animals in the feed pen; and dispensing the feed additive growth promotant at a determined time prior to shipment of the animals from the feedlot for substantially optimizing economic value for the animals in the feed pen.
44. The method of claim 40 where the feed additive growth promotant is an ionophore.
45. The method of claim 40 further comprising discontinuing dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration for the group of animals to provide a withdrawal period for the feed additive growth promotant.
46. The method of claim 40 further comprising dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration at a time prior to the estimated time required to reach the target condition to facilitate optimizing the economic value of the animals in the pen.
47. The method of claim 40 further comprising entering into the computer system at least animal health history and treatment data, bunkreader and feed truck feed ration assignment and delivery data, and computerized feed additive delivery system feed additive data.
48. The method of claim 47 further comprising collecting and storing such data in a computer system database to calculate desired animal information.
49. The method of claim 48 where desired animal information includes a production value.
50. The method of claim 47 further comprising entering into the computer system animal prior history data.
51. The method of claim 50 further comprising entering into the computer system age, source, genetic data, and combinations thereof.
52. The method of claim 40 further comprising entering into the computer system age, source, genetic data, and combinations thereof.
53. The method of claim 40 further comprising entering into the computer system an identification for the sort group into which each measured individual animal is sorted.
54. The method of claim 53 further comprising correlating the estimated time required to reach a target condition for each sort group with the identification of the sort group.
55. The method of claim 40 further comprising sorting the measured animals into multiple sort groups of animals commingled by mixing animals from different original groups of animals.
56. The method of claim 40 further comprising selecting measured animals for further processing or management.
57. The method of claim 55 further comprising selecting and removing the animals from a feed pen for shipment to slaughter utilizing at least in part the estimated time required to reach the target condition.
58. The method of claim 56 wherein selecting identified animals for further processing or management includes one or more of the following:
selecting a time to administer a feed additive growth promotant to the animals;

selecting a growth promotant for administering to an individual animal at the processing location;

selecting a feed additive for feeding to the animals;
selecting a feed ration for feeding to the animals;

selecting a health or growth treatment for administering to an individual animal at the processing location;
selecting a health or growth feed additive for feeding to the animals;
selecting a product for feeding to the animals for improving the quality grading and value of the beef from the animals;

selecting a product for administering to an individual animal at the processing location for improving the quality grading and value of the beef from the animals;
selecting animals for shipment to slaughter when a drug withdrawal period has expired for a drug requiring a withdrawal period; and selecting animals for health condition treatment or management.
59. The method of claim 40 further comprising utilizing an identification device for each animal enabling the computer system to identify each animal and distinguish it from every other animal in a group.
60. The method of claim 59 further comprising entering into the computer system the identification of each animal from the identification device for that animal.
61. The method of claim 60 further comprising entering into the computer system the prior history and information obtained during identification, measuring, processing and management of each identified individual animal.
62. The method of claim 61 further comprising entering into the computer system location data relating to the identified animal for a time period beginning at birth and continuing until slaughter for processing the identified animal into beef products and correlating the information with the identification for the animal in the computer system.
63. The method of claim 62 further comprising reviewing from a remote location the information in the computer system for the identified animals to obtain an inventory of identified animals.
64. The method of claim 60 wherein entering into the computer system the identification of each animal from the identification device for the animal includes using an electronic identification device for the animal.
65. The method of claim 40 further comprising determining in the computer system the estimated time to reach the target condition.
66. The method of claim 65 further comprising determining in the computer system a revised estimated time to reach the target condition based at least in part on actual feed intake, a projected gain, the production value, production costs, and combinations thereof.
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