Bruce Golden IDEXPO2005

Biometric IdentificationOf LivestockThe Role of Biometric Identification for Source Verification of LivestockDr. B. L. Golden: 

Biometric Identification Of Livestock The Role of Biometric Identification for Source Verification of Livestock Dr. B. L. Golden September 29, 2005

Objectives: 

Objectives Options and methods Where does it fit Implementation strategies

Biometric Identifiers in People: 

Biometric Identifiers in People Source: National Center for State Courts

Biometric Identifiers in Livestock: 

Biometric Identifiers in Livestock Nose print DNA Retinal Image

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'Speed of commerce' ISO standards Confidentiality Performance standards 48 hour traceback Etc…

http://www.nao.gov.uk: 

http://www.nao.gov.uk $3.69/animal ~$35/head cattle $16.6M loss for postal applications 25% inaccurate 2/3 staff for correcting errors Fined $25.8M for anomalies 1,000,000 cattle unaccounted for $240M invested so far.

Forensic and Non-forensic applications: 

Forensic and Non-forensic applications Original Motivation USDA APHIS – disease control Smith et. al (2005) Ownership Biosecurity International customer COOL Supply-side management Value-based marketing Value added marketing Food safety Product recalls Secure title on collateral

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Admissibility Identifier Source information

Daubert Factors: 

Daubert Factors Proof of testing of the underlying hypothesis Peer review and publications Known or potential error rate Existence of accepted methodology General acceptance by the forensic community

Japan: 

Japan ~180,000 BSE cases worldwide 84 under 30moa ~ 0.05% Mostly UK None since 1996 Japan has 2 out of 17 Age determine by tag ID

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Northern Ireland Dept. of Ag. Evaluation: 

Northern Ireland Dept. of Ag. Evaluation System can verify an animal ID with 100% accuracy Imaged 306 ARINI dairy animals 1142 images from 273 of these animals collected at later date. ALL 1142 re-tests matched the original ID. System can detect fraudulent ID switching with 100% accuracy Fraud scenario – 113 animals with switched official Northern Ireland ID system tags No images from animals with switched tags matched the original retinal ID for that animal

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Biometric Implementation: 

Biometric Implementation High risk animals Regulatory application Could implement immediately High value animals Commercial application Multi-modal Identification Common in human applications

Recommendation: 

Recommendation Define and implement procedure for incorporation of technology

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About Optibrand: 

About Optibrand CSU Roots Founded in 1998 Commercial Release North America-January 2004 Europe-February 2004

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Core Technology: The Retinal Vascular Pattern: 

Core Technology: The Retinal Vascular Pattern Unique to every animal Each eye is different Does not change from birth to hours after death Can not be altered, lost or changed Link to GPS time, date andamp; location data to provide secure traceability

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Core Vision: Universal Data Collection: 

Core Vision: Universal Data Collection Retinal images RFID tags Bar code tags Printed tags Photo documentation Link to GPS time, date andamp; location Secure and fraud resistant

The OptiReader™ Live Animal System: 

The OptiReader™ Live Animal System Captures a RVP image andlt; 15 seconds Wireless RFID reader Photo-documentation Easy entry of management data GPS records date, time and location Data is encrypted for security Massive storage – Compact flash card Programmable data collection - multilingual

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Re - establishing identity : CSU - ECRC: 

Re - establishing identity : CSU - ECRC July 14, 2004; n = 189 cows 74 lost original RFID tags (39%) October 2, 2004; n = 219 cows (189 + 30 heifers) Another 35 lost original RFID Tags (30.4%) Analysis ID correctly confirmed in 80 animals w/ original RFID; Original RFID tag number correctly re-established for all animals that lost tags from July to Oct.

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Livestock Identification, Traceability and Source Verification Systems: 

Livestock Identification, Traceability and Source Verification Systems (970) 490-6022 www.optibrand.com