1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186 
GPS systems help livestock monitoring
Page 20
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
EUROPEAN UNION scientists have developed a tracking/ monitoring system to help livestock hauliers comply with the latest EU animal welfare regulations which came into force on 1 January.
The tracking system can record real-time information, helping drivers and managers prove compliance and enabling enforcement agencies to target their activities.
The system uses GPS and sensors that automatically record data such as time, position of the vehicle, temperature in the animal compartments and the state af loading doors. It can do this every five minutes and at predefined times. The system sends data to a remote -eceiver.
The EU's Joint Research Centre, which developed the system, claims it is impervious to fraud as it is fitted independently, like a tachograph, and is activated by drivers at the start of each journey.
Initial trials indicated that the sensors could malfunction in extreme heat, but this problem has been cured. The system is now available through several Italian companies, including Pezzaioli Rimorchi, of Brescia; price on application.
1111 Contact: Pezzaioli
Rimorohi on 0039 030 9654811; vvww.pezzaioli.it; info@pezzaioli.it; www.jrc.cec.eu.int/project/t1/