SYTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

• Main Authors: MARSTON, ERIC LLOYD, HUTTON, MICHAEL EDWARD HAY, BAUCK, STEWART WILLIAM, JOHNSON, JOHN, GOODALL, RODNEY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.10.2005
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPUTING; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; COUNTING; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; SURGERY; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

A computer assisted method for tracking and correlating of breeding, veterinary care, and phenotypic data generated by SNP-based genotypesand performance data relating to livestock animals (105, 107, 108). The methods incorporate the generation of genotypic profiles by using panels of SNPs tha t define phenotypic traits. The method can allow the operator to be alerted by deviation of the actual performance parameters from desired performances so that feed, medications, vaccinations, husbandry conditions, food safety etc. of the animals may be adjusted or corrected accordingly. Such method include obtaining and maintaining the data obtained from each animal, and optionally other data relating to the animal's health (110), condition or parentage, or to its herd, and providing this data to others through web-based systems (112), contained in a database, or attached to the animal itself such as by an implanted microchip.