Animal Identification Directory
Animal identification, data analysis and information management represent a rapidly evolving service areas in the livestock industry. This list provides contact information for companies serving this growing industry segment.
Drovers first offered a directory of 16 companies offering animal-identification, data-management and source-verification products and services in our October 2002 issue. We continue to maintain and update the list, and the 2010 version now includes 54 different organizations, on www.drovers.com.
AgInfoLink
800-287-8787
www.aginfolink.com
info@aginfolink.com
TRACEABILITY STARTS HERE. For more than 10 years, AgInfoLink has provided traceability solutions to the industry’s most innovative producers and organizations. AgInfoLink has an approved Animal Tracking Database (ATD) for NAIS as well as a USDA-approved Process Verified Program (PVP) for Age, Source and Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) claims. Take advantage of today’s opportunities with AgInfoLink! For specific claims, visit www.aginfolink.com/pvp.
Aleis International Pty Ltd.
61-7-4668-5941
www.aleis.com
AUSTRALIAN COMPANY OFFERING RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION and stock-management systems. Electronic identification systems include data entry, portable and trace systems, high through-put MultiRead Systems and tamper-proof ceramic rumen pellet.
Allflex USA
800-989-8247
www.allflexusa.com
ALLFLEX IS THE WORLD’S NO. 1 LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION COMPANY, uniquely focused globally on the design, manufacture and delivery of animal identification systems for production and companion animals. Servicing a small family farm or one of numerous national ID systems, Allflex provides an unparalleled range of visual and electronic ID devices and reading systems, coupled with a World Class Technical and Customer Service team.
American Angus Association’s Beef Record Service (BRS)
816-383-5100
www.beefrecords.com
COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS CAN UTILIZE THE ANGUS BEEF RECORD SERVICE (BRS) to record performance data on their cow herd and calf crop, regardless of breed composition. Records are summarized to provide adjusted measures and ratios and reports generated allow you to evaluate and compare the data and to characterize your commercial cow herds. BRS can also assist producers in providing the type of documentation that may be required with the implementation of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). Through accurate record keeping, producers can efficiently and effectively manage their operation to provide higher-quality, more marketable production.
AngusSource
816-383-5100
www.angussource.com
USDA PROCESS VERIFIED PROGRAM for Angus-sired calves that documents source, group age and a minimum of 50% Angus genetics. Enrollment is $50 plus the cost of tags. Visual program tags are $1, RFID tags are $2.25 and RFID-ChoiceSet tags are available for $3.25. “840” tag options are also available. AngusSource offers a second-tier verification options called Gateway. Gateway documents source and group age. Enrollment is $50 plus the cost of tags. Visual program tags are $2, RFID tags are $3 and RFID-ChoiceSet tags are available for $5. “840” options are also available. Both verification options offer marketing assistance for feeder cattle and replacement females.
Animal Profiling International Inc.
877-278-1344
www.writetag.com
API’S WRITETAG SYSTEM allows cattle to carry personal information by storing data directly on the only low frequency read/write electronic ear tag. API’s low frequency radio devices read and write data to the ear tag. API will begin offering Process Verified Program (PVP) services and ICAR certified electronic ear tags in summer 2008 which allows producers to market age- and source-verified cattle.
Animart
800-255-1181
www.animart.com
DISTRIBUTOR OF EAR TAGS and electronic identification systems from all major manufacturers including Allflex, Duflex, Y-Tex and Z-Tag.
Beef Concepts Inc./Bovitrak
800-504-4562
www.beefconcepts.com
USDA PROCESS VERIFIED PROGRAM for source, age and production information capture and analysis. Internet-based, farm-to-retail tracking system designed to reduce supply-chain inefficiencies and capture significant additional value per animal.
Cal Tag Inc.
866-923-7878
www.caltaginc.com
MANUFACTURERS OF EZCEE Animal Identification Tags, the ear tag that can’t fade…guaranteed.
Cattlemax Software by Cattlesoft Inc.
877-454-2697
www.CattleMax.com
CATTLEMAX CATTLE MANAGEMENT is a “rancher-friendly” tool to help improve your bottom line. Every feature increases efficiency by saving valuable time in data collection and recording. Comprehensive reporting and analysis features create a foundation for improved herd management decision making.
CattleWorks
800-507-2902
www.cattleworks.com
info@cattleworks.com
THIS CATTLE-MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE program is used to assist in managing and optimizing a cattle operation, tracking medical procedures and individual animal tracking within an operation.
Dalton USA
651-204-9343
www.daltonusa.com
MANUFACTURERS OF VISUAL AND ELECTRONIC livestock ID systems worldwide. I-Tag® (RFID), Supertag®, Rototag®, Jumbotag® for lifetime visual ID and Integri-Tag® (DNA tissue sampling) all custom laser marked to your own requirements.
DIGI-STAR LLC
800-225-7695
www.digi-star.com
SPECIALIZED ELECTRONIC WEIGHING SYSTEMS offering the ability to electronically link weights to individual-animal records using radio-frequency-identification as well as traditional visual ID tags.
Destron Fearing (formerly Digital Angel Corp.)
800-328-0118
www.destronfearing.com
Destron Fearing is a world leading manufacturer of electronic and visual identification solutions for animals. Since 1945, our goal has been to partner with producers, marketing organizations and governments worldwide to manage the escalating demands of the global marketplace by offering smart, cutting-edge animal identification products and services. Product solutions provided to producers include Duflex™ Management Panel tags, USDA Approved CoolTags™, e.tags™, Choice Set e.tag, g.tag™ HogMax™, Litter Max™, Swine Premise Tag and a number of electronic panel and reader options.
Eidap Inc.
780-467-2707
www.eidap.com
EIDAP INC. MARKETS RFID PRODUCTS to the animal marketplace in North America, including companion animals, livestock, zoo animals, fish and exotics. Eidap Inc. distributes ear tags and hand-held readers for the cattle industry that meet the requirements of ISO standards.
EZid Livestock Identification
877-330-EZID (3943)
www.EZidAvid.com
sales@EZidAvid.com
EZID offers a variety of identification choices for traditional and non-traditional production animals. We are excited about our new HDX EZid ear tag. Its design offers easier to see ID numbers, excellent performance and reliability plus the HDX advantage. USDA approved and COOL compliant. We offer identification choices: the HDX EZid ear tag, the Avid microchip transponder implants or the rumen bolus for electronic identification; plus a variety of Avid hand-held and stationary readers and scanners.
Eriginate Corp.
785-694-3468
www.etattootag.com
The e-Tattoo ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID) cattle management eartag brings first-of-its-kind technology to beef and dairy producers. This new technology allows capture of data from multiple animals simultaneously with the added benefits of gaining greater read ranges at much faster speeds than conventional technology. eTattoo can now be obtained in a tamper-evident style that is USDA approved for use in the NAIS.
Fort Supply Technologies, LLC
888-650-6446
www.fort-supply.com
info@fort-supply.com
FAST, SIMPLE, RUGGED AND RELIABLE software and hardware solutions. Designed by livestock managers for livestock managers, let us help you find value in electronic identification. Live technical support and training from staff with over 30 years of combined livestock management experience. Check out our full line of FaST Products and the NEW Long Range RFID ear tag (FaST TAG™) with over a ∏ mile of read range.
Gallagher
800-531-5908
www.gallagherusa.com
GALLAGHER’S SMARTSCALE WEIGHING SYSTEMS can be configured to accommodate any weighing requirement and application, working interactively with EID tags and most herd-management software programs. The SmartTSI is an integrated weigh scale, computer and data collection tool that allows easily customizable weighing sessions for rapid analysis of performance by animal or by group of animals. The SmartTSI gives you access to livestock information anywhere, anytime — whether in the yard, the office or out on the farm. Gallagher also offers a full range hand held, wireless and panel EID readers.
Global Animal Management Inc.
800-235-9824
www.mygamonline.com
GLOBAL ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (GAM™), a subsidiary of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, is a data and information management company providing products and services to the food animal production, processing and purveying industries, and includes Auction Check, GAM TAG, CattlePost and Tri-Merit.
GlobalVetLink LLC
515-296-0860
www.globalvetlink.com
ELECTRONIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS — including eHealth Certificates for interstate movement, Preconditioning Calf Certification, equine certification and diagnostic laboratory systems. GlobalVetLink's certificates are now accepted in all 50 states and have USDA approved eSignature technology. Our services are focused at the veterinary practice level for the livestock industry.
GrowSafe Systems Ltd.
866-929-1879
www.growsafe.com
GROWSAFE DEVELOPS RFID AUTOMATION TOOLS and applications for beef livestock producers which maximize profitability through better decision making. On test, GrowSafe technology accurately selects for feed efficiency. In the feedyard, GrowSafe technology measures, manages and maximizes profits.
Hereford Verified LLC
816-842-3757
www.herefordverified.org
hktribbett@hereford.org
THE AMERICAN HEREFORD ASSOCIATION and Certified Hereford Beef’s genetic, source and age verification program is supported by third-party verification. This network pools seedstock producers, commercial producers, feeders and a licensed CHB packer by providing a market, feeding carcass data and premiums to producers.
I.D.ology
800-395-5585
www.id-ology.com
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS utilizing RFID in electronic tracking solutions: CrossFire Alleyway Reader with 96% or 99 % read accuracy at the speed of commerce; LCD-LightningROD Handheld Reader with a vibrating handle to signify a read plus Bluetooth; Transport Tracker on your PDA linking animal ID to the Internet for realtime tracking.
IMI Global
303-895-3002
www.imiglobal.com
PROVIDING USVERIFIED services to the industry including: source and age verification, Non-hormone treated cattle (NHTC), verified Natural™ solutions for ranchers to retailers. These systems are designed to meet customer requirements, government regulations, create brand identity, gain cost efficiencies and command a higher price for their products.
IGENITY
1-877-IGENITY
www.igenty.com
IGENITY® provides the beef industry with the most comprehensive genetic profile of economically important traits such as feed efficiency, carcass quality and composition, tenderness, heifer pregnancy rate, stayability, calving ease, docility, Arthrogryposis Multiplex testing and more. IGENITY also offers a combination radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or visual tag and tissue collection device. IGENITY can help producers make more confident selection, management and marketing decisions — all from a single DNA sample.
Ketchum Manufacturing Inc.
613-342-8455
www.ketchum.ca
YOUR SOURCE FOR LIVESTOCK ID AND TRACEABILITY products; Reyflex RFID tags, Reyflex Dangle tags, Kurl lock metal ear tags, quick change ear tattooers, shoulder tattooers, and tattoo ink and paste.
Lion Edge Technologies
Ranch Manager Software
720-870-5086
www.LionEdge.com
Livestock software that manages and tracks ID tags, interfaces with wand readers (EID), tracks animal movements, pedigree, farm premise ID and other ranch record keeping data Maintain a complete history of every animal to maintain an efficient ranch operation. Complete livestock solutions for multiple species are available in Windows and Mac OS platforms.
Magiix
208-777-1530
www.magiix.net
A HERD HEALTH MANAGEMENT TOOL providing automatic temperature monitoring for early detection of sickness, estrus, calving or heat stress.
Merial Surehealth
1-888-MERIAL1
www.surehealth.com
THE MERIAL® SUREHEALTH® CALF PRECONDITIONING PROGRAM is the only nationwide, veterinarian-certified calf preconditioning program. Market research confirms that nine out of 10 feedyard managers prefer preconditioning with verification.1 And, SureHealth Source and Age helps attract feedyards that need this verification to supply certain domestic and export markets.
MetaFarms
952-215-3220
www.metafarms.com
METAFARMS IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) supplier of choice with solutions and expertise focused on livestock industries. MetaFarms combines industry knowledge and experience, applications and content in integrated data solutions delivered as a service primarily over the Internet.
MFA Health Track Beef Alliance
888-514-2333
www.mfa-inc.com
ALL MFA HEALTH TRACK CALVES are weaned at least 45 days, on standardized nutrition, double vaccinated, dewormed and deliced, castrated, dehorned and source and age verified through AgInfoLink’s USDA-approved PVP.
Micro Beef Technologies
800-858-4330
www.microbeef.com
MICRO BEEF IS THE LEADING PROVIDER of innovative, integrated animal management solutions for the global food supply chain, creating superior long-term value for our customers, partners and stakeholders. Whether you’re looking for tools for age and source verification or integrated feed, animal health and information management solutions, Micro Beef has a system to suit your needs.
Midwest MicroSystems LLC
800-584-0040
www.cowsense.com
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR AGE, source and process verification including complete herd-management and analysis. Cow Sense, Cow COMM Pocket Cow Sense and PIC software interface with RFID, bar codes, scales, Pocket PCs and securely transmits/receives data.
MMI Genomics Inc.
800-311-8808
www.mmigenomics.com
A DIVISION OF METAMORPHIX INC. offering DNA Certified Beef programs for ranches, feedlots and packers. Complete line of Breed-Tru® DNA testing products including Tru-Polled™, Tru-Marbling™, Tru-Tenderness™ and Tru-Parentage™.
National FAIR (Farm Animal Identification and Records)
800-952-5200
www.nationalfair.com
NATIONAL ANIMAL identification and tracking system, recognized by USDA/APHIS as an official Animal Tracking Database and supplier of official 840-RFID ear tags.
Novartis — Healthy Heifer
800-843-3386
www.healthyheifer.com
Healthy Heifer™ is the first and only veterinarian-verified program designed to simplify heifer management while maximizing the long-term value of beef herds. Healthy Heifer helps beef producers increase profits by lowering animal health costs, improving reproductive success and achieving more consistent, heavier and healthier heifers and calves. Heifers enrolled in Healthy Heifer receive a distinctive pink ear tag to identify their veterinarian-verified status.
Osborne Industries
800-255-0316
www.osborne-ind.com
info@osborne-ind.com
PIONEERED THE PRACTICAL USE OF RFID for the past 15 years. Osborne is ready to provide functional RFID, hand-held data loggers, readers, antennas and other RFID-driven systems for this industry whenever it is ready.
Pardalis Inc.
www.pardalis.com
info@pardalis.com
PROVIDER OF THE WEB-BASED PARDALIS AgriFood Data Bank used by producers to confidentially deposit and share livestock information with others along the fragmented beef-supply chain. Compatible with ID and cattle-management system.
Pfizer Animal Genetics
877-BEEF-DNA
877-233-3362
www.pfizeranimalgenetics.com
ADVANCING BEEF SCIENCE SOLUTIONS through DNA technology. Molecular Value Predictions (MVPs) from High-Density 50K and GeneSTAR® 56-marker panels, DNA parentage through SireTRACE®, genetic defect testing and DNA trace back through SureTRAK®.
Premier 1 Supplies Ltd.
800-282-6631
www.premier1supplies.com
PREMIER SUPPLIES A WIDE RANGE of animal identification systems including customized laser-imprinted ear tags. All products that we supply are field-tested first on our own farms or those of co-operating farms and ranches around the nation.
Red Angus Association of America
940-387-3502
RedAngus.org
THE RED ANGUS FEEDER CALF CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (FCCP) is a USDA PVP system which documents Red Angus genetics, source verification to the ranch of origin and group age verification. There is no enrollment fee or hidden costs to use the program, producers pay only $0.99 per tamper proof/unique ID tag. The FCCP includes free marketing programs for feeder and fed cattle for customers utilizing Red Angus genetics.
Red Wing Software
800-732-9464
www.redwingsoftware.com
COW/CALF BY RED WING SOFTWARE is a complete herd-management tool with analytical reports that track individual-animal information, veterinary history, weaning, yearling, etc., for bulls, cows and their calves.
RMS Research Management Systems USA Inc.
800-223-7032
www.rmsusa.com
Responding to industry needs to satisfy National Animal Identification System (NAIS) & Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements, as well as individual animal identification & traceability, process & source verification needs.
SAIC (Science Applications International Corp.)
703-292-6363
www.saic.com
DEVELOPERS OF RFID SYSTEM-INTEGRATION and tracking systems for multiple industries. Products include ePermits, an electronic permitting system for USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that tracks animals entering the country.
Scoring Ag Inc.
941-792-6405
www.scoringag.com
COOL-COMPLIANT RECORDKEEPING DATABASE for RFID and non-RFID tattoo livestock-identi?cation for verified audit trail from cow-calf to retail beef with archiving of data for required time frames, as well as implementation services and data-collection RFID tools.
Sterling Solutions
541-473-3266 or 406-683-5474
www.sterlingtraceback.com
AN AFFILIATE OF STERLING MARKETING INC. offering a market-driven source-verification program designed for simplicity and compliance with domestic and international standards. Sterling Solutions is a USDA approved Process Verified Program for Source Verification, Age Verification, Source Identification and Traceability since 2003.
Syscan-ID Inc.
514-685-7778
www.syscan-id.com
Syscan-ID makers of the LiveTrack® EID reader. This dual frequency wand reader is the most advanced and affordable ISO livestock hand held wand reader. With a memory of up to 10,000 RFID tags, it improves performance and lowers overhead while processing livestock in the field. Conceived with the help of cattlemen and other livestock professionals the LiveTrack® reader is robust and easy to use, making it an ideal solution for producers, transporters, feedlots, auction houses, sales yards and veterinarians.
TekVet Technologies Co.
941-721-0010
www.tekvet.com
info@tekvet.com
An early warning system for livestock health. The TekVet Health Monitoring System can immediately identify a rise in temperature that is associated with BRD, allowing the livestock operator to perform early and more successful treatment.
Temple Tag Ltd.
800-433-3112
www.Templetag.com
LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS including tags, applicators, hot-stamp machines and service. Now in an alliance with Destron Fearing providing RFID tags, reading systems and service to the livestock industry.
Tru-Test Inc.
800-874-8494
www.tru-test.com
sales-usa@trutest.co.nz
WORLD LEADERS IN WEIGHING with over 25-years experience, Tru-Test manufactures and distributes digital livestock scales, electronic ID readers, and animal management software for measuring and tracking individual animal performance.
VeriPrime
316-265-2654
620-873-7175
www.veriprime.com
A FOOD SAFETY ALLIANCE: Members are paid to implement prevention based, farm to fork food safety protocols, using assured food standards.
Y-Tex Corp.
888-600-YTEX (9839)
www.y-tex.com
LEADING MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION and pest control products marketed in numerous countries around the world. Identification products include All-American® visual tags and a new RFID tag approved and authorized by the NAIS and CCIA that demonstrates superior performance. Y-TEX also offers a number of advanced hand-held readers and stationary readers with panel or portal antennas in a number of sizes.
Z Tags
800-511-4744
800-511-4745
www.ztags.com
Revolutionary New Z® No-Snag Tags offer a unique, flexible, one-piece design, easy, foolproof application system, and lasting, superior readability. We offer three ways to mark them: Laser printing for the ultimate in lifetime readability, versatile hot stamping, or our New Z® Tag Marker that penetrates deeply into the tag for superb, long-term results. Plus, with their superior retention, they’re the only tags you’ll need for the life of your animals.
