Fecha de publicación: 25/09/2009 Fuente: WIPO "meat" Patent 551182

A system for the intensive management of grazing animals comprises (a) animal identification means for identifying individual animals; (b) at least one device for measuring one or more parameters of individual animals and (c) a processor for processing measurements obtained for the one or more parameters. The processed parameter data is used to determine management strategies for individual animals in real-time. The system also comprises (d) means for implementing management strategies for the animals; and (e) a database for storing processed real-time parameter data and historical data for individual animals. The historical data includes one or more of the following: genetic data; pedigree information; phenotypic characteristics; and previous parameter data processed by the processor.