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RFID Products For Veterinary Use
Microchip tags, using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) are
now widely used to provide pet owners with peaceof mind and to help
farmers provide the traceability of livestock needed to promote
public confidence in foodsafety. RFID tags also provide a means to
identify laboratory animals, simplifying the collection of
experimentaldata. Tagging has proved its value in helping to track
and trace both domestic and farm animals. Soon EULegislation will
require all equines to be tagged.
CoreRFID specialises in supplying the technology needed for
animal tagging and checking; offering tags, injectors,and
readers.
CoreRFID are specialists in RFID with over 12 years experience
in tagging and tracing systems. As a long standingmember of the
BSAVAs Microchip Advisory Group (MAG), CoreRFID keeps in touch with
the latest developmentsin the needs of veterinary practices and
uses this knowledge to ensure that our products are compatible
withrelevant standards and legislation as well as with
companionanimal repatriation services such as PetLog.
Injectable Animal Tags
CoreRFID provides injectable animal tags that conform to the
ISO11784/5 standard for animal tags. These 12mm long grain of rice
tags,pre-encoded with unique identity numbers, come in boxes
containing areusable injector, 12 sterile one-time needles and tags
each with six selfadhesive barcode strips with the same number.
This allows for tags andaccompanying documentation to be linked one
to another.
ISO 11784/5 is the standard used for companion animal
repatriationsystems based on RFID animal tagging (such as PetLog)
and foridentification of animals for DEFRAs PETS (Pets Travel
Scheme). PETSdepends on a Pet Passport which uses an RFID chip to
allow animals totravel between those countries subscribing to the
scheme.
The self adhesive barcoded strips provided with our ISO
compatible tagsare designed to be used in conjunction with the
DEFRA Passport ControlSheet so that a passport number can be
uniquely linked to a specificchip and thus a specific animal.
These tags are also available in a non-ISO version (EM4102) for
research animal use and for use in wildlife tracking or
similarscientific use.
ISO compliant tags from CoreRFID comeready to use with labels,
and injector insterile packing.
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Other Animal Tags
As well as providing tags for companion animals, CoreRFID is
able to supply a wide range of other animal tagging products.These
include lightweight leg ring tags for poultry and other birds and
various heavy duty tags for agricultural animals as analternative
to barcoded tags for cattle, sheep and other farm animals. CoreRFID
can also create custom tags if needed.
Animal Tag Readers
Over 3.5 millions in the UK have had an RFID chip implanted. Any
animalought to be checked for an RFID chip when it comes into a
practice for thefirst time, in line with the guidance provided by
the BSAVA and the RCVS.
Not all RFID readers are suitablefor use with animal tags or in
theenvironment of a veterinarysurgery. CoreRFID offers
severalreaders suitable for use in thisarea.
Most popular is the RT100 readerwhich can be easily used
withanimals and gives good results,reading tags up to a distance of
5to 8cm so that the reader onlyneeds to be held near to the
taginjection site.
For higher performance with agreater storage capacity andgreater
read range CoreRFIDoffers the H5 reader with read
capability of up to 25cm and the ability to store the details of
2000 tags.
For other applications it may be convenient to have an RFID
reader whichcan be fitted into the CF slot of a handheld computer
or PDA. CoreRFIDprovides the CF117 reader for this. The CF117
offers a similar performanceto the RT100, reading both ISO and
EM4102 cards but loads its data directlyinto the handheld computer
or PDA. And, for those James Herriot moments,CoreRFID also offers
ruggedized PDAs such as the PSION Workabout withintegrated RFID
readers.
Other RFID Solutions
Although animal tagging is by far the most common use for RFID
within the veterinary community, it also has otherapplications.
Contact us to discuss how RFID could be use to improve the
management of assets in your practice, managestocks or control
access to hospital areas for example.
About CoreRFID
Contact us at:
CoreRFID Ltd. Dallam Court, Dallam Lane, Warrington, U.K. WA2
7LT
T: +44 (0) 845 071 0985 F: +44 (0) 845 071 0989 W:
www.corerfid.com E: [email protected]
The CoreRFID RT100 is a highperformance, reliable, pet
tagreader. The RT100 can hold detailsof up to 1000 tags.
Why Work With CoreRFID?
CoreRFID are specialists in RFID
technology. Heres why you should workwith us for animal tagging
and otherveterinary RFID needs:
Years of experience in RFID foranimal tagging which allows us
tosource the right products for yourneeds.
As a member of the BSAVAs MAG,we work with veterinary
practices,reunification service operators andanimal charities.
We operate the BSAVAs Code ofConduct for RFID tag suppliers.
We have knowledgeable order deskstaff that understand the needs
ofveterinary practices.
We are able to work with practiceson new uses of RFID
includingequine tagging.
We supply practices directly andalso work with other
veterinaryproduct suppliers.
