Recently, the China Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention held a meeting to summarize the construction of animal identification and animal product traceability systems, to thoroughly implement the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Animal Husbandry" and the "General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Printing and Distributing Livestock Ears" Standard Technical Specifications (Revised Draft) > Notice of, to further strengthen the management of animal identification and ensure the collection and utilization of traceability information.

The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to strengthen the construction of digital government, take informatization as an important starting point for the development of animal husbandry and veterinary work, give full play to the supporting role of "Internet +" in the traceability supervision of the whole chain of live pigs, and strengthen traceability. Collect, share and apply basic data, and explore the establishment of a full-chain informatization supervision model for animal quarantine that combines the number of immunized livestock and poultry with the number of quarantine declarations, the combination of quarantine at the origin and transportation supervision, and the combination of certificate issuance at the place of departure and feedback at the destination.

The meeting requested that the relevant units of the traceability system at all levels should fully recognize the important role of ear tags as livestock "identity cards", fully implement the newly revised "Animal Epidemic Prevention Law" on the management and use of livestock and poultry identification requirements, and improve the performance of traceability software. With the level of user operation, strengthen the pilot of livestock electronic ear tags to ensure the effective implementation of animal identification and animal product traceability systems.

Animal ear tags are important for two reasons:

1.RFID is highly suitable for livestock industry

With the continuous improvement of scientific and technological level and the needs of market development, animal husbandry is constantly developing in the direction of technology, scale and efficient management. In this process, the performance advantages of RFID technology in animal husbandry management have become increasingly prominent.

When the livestock is born, the farmer puts on RFID ear tags for each livestock, and through the RFID ear tag reader, the read information is directly connected to the RFID system. Through the use of RFID technology, the ability of the data system to identify and track animals has been greatly improved, and it is suitable for animals in various feedlots, whether centralized or decentralized.

From traditional livestock farm management to RFID technology management, digitalization has greatly changed the way of livestock breeding. With the help of RFID data collection capabilities, livestock farms can keep abreast of animal types, epidemics, and quantities, which greatly improves management efficiency and improves animal survival rates.

2.RFID Drives Livestock Digital Management

At present, domestic large-scale farms have turned to digital management, and the maturity of RFID system application is also getting higher and higher. In the past, RFID animal ear tags mostly used low-frequency tags, which mainly corresponded to implanted chips and electronic ear tags used in animal husbandry management, including glass tube chips, oxtail logos, and external ear tags. In addition to low frequencies, the application of ultra-high frequency RFID ear tags has also increased in recent years. With its long reading distance and the ability to read multiple targets at the same time, it is favored by farmers. But it has the characteristics of poor anti-interference ability and high misreading rate. Therefore, it is necessary to select specific frequency bands and solutions according to specific scene requirements.

From the perspective of the market as a whole, the country relies on leading digital products to promote the reform and innovation of feed, breeding, slaughtering, and food processing enterprises, pulls together the end-to-end business process, empowers the digitalization of production and manufacturing with the practice of lighthouse factories, and uses the full value chain of intelligent business Data analysis has brought about a significant improvement in enterprise management efficiency and continuous improvement in operating efficiency.

At present, scientific and technological progress and industrial innovation drive of the livestock industry are one of the important directions of efforts. The digital and intelligent development of my country's livestock industry has entered a new era.And animal ear tags will further usher in new developments.