2012/01/01 by L. Marguin, Marguin, Louise, B. Balvay +1
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Automate #Bovins #Contrôle de performances #Contrôle laitier #Food Supply Chain Traceability #Ovins #RFID #Échanges de données
paper · doi:10.17180/tyq9-gf51
openalex publication_date 2012/01/01 · openalex created_date 2022/08/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Bovine electronic identification has been planned to be officially recognized since 2005 and it becomes effective in 2011. The aim of the project was the standardization of data collected in field and associated to the read electronic number and that are sent into common information system. All domains of possible application (insemination, traceability…) were studied and finally only data exchange standards for performance recording of suckled and dairy animals were defined because they proved to be useful. The data exchange concerns data from or to shared information systems: animal data and premises in one way, performances measures in the other way. Some data transfer standard propositions using the official electronic number, were created with the national professional federations concerned and with equipments and software manufacturers: weights of live animals, milk recording with robot, milk automate. The difficulty is that the use of the electronic farm work numbers with a private system for each manufacturer has to evolve towards the official RFID number on 15 digits (country code + national animal code on 12 digits) and to use standard data transfer to the external databases. Only this official RFID valorization allows the improvement of the collected data reliability and the farmer independence towards equipments and software manufacturers. Different specialized jobs are concerned: measurement automate, the reading of live animals and the software at all levels. It is important to have data exchange standards between these different stakeholders present in all countries and for any species (bovine, small ruminants). The setup of an organization able to maintain and widespread this standard is insured. The Institut de l’Elevage brings the standard propositions to be validated and published, at the national level AFNOR or at the international level in ISO or ICAR relevant working groups. During this project (2008 – 2010) technologic developments occurred and were taken into account in this project: sensors on animals collect data that can provide information to the farmer about health, reproduction event or food; UHF identifiers could be used in complement of the actual low frequency ones, standardized from 1996 and for which we know the limits and constraints.