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Ultrasound Made Easy

Ultrasound Made Easy. Andrew W. Meadows, M.S., D.V.M. Springwood Livestock Management Service Buchanan, VA 24066. Ultrasound Made Easy. Scheduling Record-keeping Identification Facilities Logistics Information Transfer. Scheduling. Age windows Deadlines Turn-around times

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Ultrasound Made Easy

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  1. Ultrasound Made Easy Andrew W. Meadows, M.S., D.V.M. Springwood Livestock Management Service Buchanan, VA 24066

  2. Ultrasound Made Easy • Scheduling • Record-keeping • Identification • Facilities • Logistics • Information Transfer

  3. Scheduling • Age windows • Deadlines • Turn-around times • Technician availability

  4. Scheduling • Age windows • Breed • Sex

  5. Scheduling • Deadlines • Advertising • Catalog • Sale

  6. Scheduling • Turn-around times • Technician • Image processing lab • Breed association

  7. Scheduling • Technician availability • Season • Geographic area • Travel

  8. Record-keeping • Enroll in breed improvement program • Registration of calves • Barn sheets • Inventory

  9. Record-keeping • Enroll in breed improvement program • Birth date • Birth weight • Weaning weight • Yearling weight

  10. Record-keeping • Registration • May not be required • Consult breed association

  11. Record-keeping • Barn sheets • Furnished by most breed associations • Insure appropriate contemporary grouping

  12. Sample barn sheet

  13. Record-keeping • Inventory • Cross check with barn sheets • Resolve before scan date

  14. Identification • Tattoo • Brand • Freeze • Hot iron • Ear tag • Should match tattoo or brand • RFID???

  15. Identification • Duplicate id’s • Purchased animals • Errors at birth or recording • Must be differentiated • Scan weight • Member code • Sex • Breed

  16. Facilities • Power source • Shelter • Pens • Chute

  17. Facilities • Power source • Line • Generator • Inverter

  18. Facilities • Shelter • Sunlight/glare • Precipitation

  19. Facilities • Pens • Thirty head under cover • Minimize stress

  20. Facilities • Chute • Squeeze • Head catch • Neck rope • Anvil

  21. Facilities • Chute (cont.) • Access • Drop panels • Swing doors • Safety • Animal • Technician • Probe

  22. Logistics • Pre-weigh • Cross check with barn sheets • Pre-clip • Sorting/penning

  23. Logistics • Cattle handling stress • Temperature control • Concurrent processing • Haul-in

  24. Information transfer • Images • Zip disk • CD • Back-up copies • Overnight shipping

  25. Information Transfer • Data • E-mail spreadsheet • Member log-on • Conventional mail

  26. Summary • Scheduling • Age windows, deadlines, tech. availability, turn-around • Record-keeping • Enrollment, registration, barn sheets, inventory • Identification • Tattoo, brand, ear tag, duplicates

  27. Summary • Facilities • Power, shelter, pens, chute • Logistics • Pre-weigh, pre-clip, sorting, minimize stress, haul-in • Information transfer • Images, data

  28. Thank you! Questions??

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