Abstract: Ear tag for identifying animals, which consists of two parts comprising a male element, with a protrusion designed to pass, in the tag's operative position, through the cartilage of an animal's ear, and a female element, mutually couplable, leaving the tag suspended with room for manoeuvre, in the operative position, from the animal's ear by the protrusion of the male element, with one of the elements male or female having an electronic identification device encapsulated and lodged in a corresponding oblong receptacle, solidly joined to the male or female part in which said device is fitted, forming a sharp angle of between 10° and 45° in relation to the horizontal plane, in the abovementioned operative position of the tag.

Abstract: Process and machine for recovering capsules from inside slaughtered animals, characterized in that said process comprises the following steps of emptying the cavity of the slaughtered animal where the capsule is located, such as the stomach, removing the capsule mixed up with the remains lodged inside said cavity; chopping up said remains; gravity-unloading of said chopped up remains via a substantially vertical pipe with means for detecting capsules that emit a signal upon detection of a passing capsule; activating separation means in response to the signal emitted by the detection means, which divert the capsule from the downward falling path caused by gravity; and storing the capsule diverted from its path into storage means.

Abstract: Procedure for the identification and monitoring of animals through the use of electronic identification devices (transponders). It comprises the steps of inserting the transponder inside the peritoneal cavity of the animal; identifying and collecting information on the animal by means of sensors; and, once the animal has been slaughtered, recovering the transponder through automated processes in the slaughtering lines of the slaughterhouses. The insertion of the transponder is achieved by means of an applicator that comprises a main hallow tubular body with an open end; a charge carrier adjusted for longitudinal displacement inside the hollow tubular body; a charge transfer array permanently coupled to one end of the charge carrier and consisting of a hollow needle which has in its interior a capsule that stores a transponder; and a rod adjusted for displacement inside the charge carrier and the needle in order to push the capsule towards the exterior of the applicator.

Abstract: The bolus is intended to be received in the reticulum of a ruminant. It comprises a body (10) having a housing (12) for containing a data interchange device (14). According to the invention, the body (10) is made of a material based on alumina, Al2O3, and/or on silica, SiO2.

Abstract: The bolus is intended to be received in the reticulum of a ruminant. It comprises a body (10) having a housing (12) for containing a data interchange device (14). According to the invention, the body (10) is made of a material based on alumina, Al2O3, and/or on silica, SiO2.

Abstract: The bolus is intended to be received in the reticulum of a ruminant. It comprises a body (10) having a housing (12) for containing a data interchange device (14). According to the invention, the body (10) is made of a material based on alumina, Al2O3, and/or on silica, SiO2.