Patent ID: 7836849

Claim:
A system for managing animals, comprising: a computer system at a measurement location remote from a feed pen, the computer system comprising one or more various computers, the computer system including software operable for storing characteristic information concerning an individual animal, including at least weight, and utilizing the characteristic information to project for the individual animal a limit or condition and an estimated time or date for the individual animal to achieve the projected limit or condition; a feedlot business system (FBS) computer operable for accessing and/or storing a database and for performing feedlot accounting functions; a computerized animal drug inventory control, health history and drug treatment system, a computerized feed additive delivery system operable for delivering feed additives into animal feed rations on a customized basis, a computerized bunk reader system, or each and every combination thereof; a data entry device for entering into the computer system initial characteristics prior to a feeding period and subsequent characteristics following the feeding period during which the individual animal is fed with a feed group of animals; and a data output device in communication with the computer system.