ELECTRONIC TAGS
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA SUCCESSFUL trial of electronic tags for livestock has been announced by the European Commission, which has inspired a proposed regulation that would create a unified system for accurately monitoring farm animals across the European Union.Brussels officials have unveiled in Italy the results of the IDEA project (Electronic IDentification of Animals), a one million animal trial spanning France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.It involved the fitting of electronic ear-tags, ruminal boluses (ceramic capsules retained in the ...
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