Eriginate Corporation announcesthe availability of eTattoo, an ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID) cattle management eartag. The new technology allows the capture of data from multiple animals simultaneously with the added benefits of gaining greater read ranges at much faster speeds than conventional technology.

“The UHF RFID technology delivered with eTattoo tags provides superior technology for collecting data from individual animals collected in large pens or across groups of pens in a fraction of a second, even while animals are moving,” says Doran Junek, Eriginate CEO.

The device can be read from a distance of more than 25 feet using a fixed reader or up to 15 feet using a handheld reader.

The “dangle design” also enables both visual and electronic identification, so producers can include management and parentage information on the tag for easier sorting and grouping. This alleviates the need to have visual and RFID tags by incorporating both features into one product, and will make it easier for producers to take advantage of the technology.

This product was most recently demonstrated in a real-world testing environment in November 2008 at the Holton, Kansas-Livestock Exchange. In less than one hour an antenna was installed on the left side of the sale ring. A group of eighteen steers carrying the UHF RFID tags were run through the sale ring.

All tags were read with 100% accuracy within 20 seconds with the one stationary antenna.

—From Eriginate Corp. news release