date:Jun 29, 2012
The move follows a request from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for all 50 US states to create a programme to trace any animal entering interstate commerce, to help prevent any threat to the food chain.
Louisianas system is an electronic livestock check-in system, first tested at Dominiques Auction Stockyard, a Baton Rouge-based auction site. When livestock are dropped off at the auction, the brand or health inspector uses an industrial hand-held computer to record the ear tags, back