Implementation of a system based on electronic identification for the official milk recording of dairy goats in Catalonia

G. Caja; S. Peris; C. Conill; R. Nehring; R. Rocca; O. Ribó; M.J. Milán

Implementation of a system based on electronic identification for the official milk recording of dairy goats in Catalonia

In: Milking and milk production of dairy sheep and goats

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G. Caja

G. Caja Producció Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

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S. Peris

S. Peris Tecnologia de la Reproducció, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Associació de Ramaders de Cabrum de Catalunya, Aptdo.35281, 08080 Barcelona, Spain

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C. Conill

C. Conill Producció Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

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R. Nehring

R. Nehring Producció Animal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

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R. Rocca

R. Rocca Associació de Ramaders de Cabrum de Catalunya, Aptdo.35281, 08080 Barcelona, Spain

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O. Ribó

O. Ribó
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M.J. Milán

M.J. Milán Economía Agrària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

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Pages:: 406–411

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004683877_084

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A system based on the utilisation of passive radio frequency transponders was developed in 1995 for electronic identification and official milk recording (AC method) of dairy goats of the Catalonian Dairy Goat Farmers Association (ARCC). Since this date, a total of 2,117 dairy goats in 9 farms, tagged with visual ear-tags or collars, have been subcutaneously injected in the left armpit with 2,160 glass encapsulated passive transponders (HDX methodology, 32x3.8mm) after parturition. Goats were checked for loss, failure and breakage of transponders at 1 wk after injection and at each monthly milk recording, during three years. Farmers were equipped with a simple HDX portable transceiver in order to identify the goats that had lost the tags and to recover injected transponders in culled animals. A portable intelligent HDX transceiver was used in the milking parlour for identification and milk yield recording. An individual sample for milk composition was also taken at recording. After milking, the transceiver was connected to a portable computer equipped with a printer and a hard copy of the file containing the individual yield was given to the farmer. Data collected in the farm was then transferred to the central computer of the ARCC, and data of milk yield and composition were used to calculate the lactation yields.

Total losses or breakage during the three years were lower than 2% for transponders and higher than 20% for conventional tags. The system proved to be quicker and cheaper for milk recording than the manual system based on conventional tags, and it was preferred both by controllers and farmers. Total errors and incomplete lactation also proved to be significantly lower with the new system.

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Milking and milk production of dairy sheep and goats

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Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 1999

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