Method and system for providing animal health histories and tracking inventory of related drug usage

A method of providing drug treatment to animals which are selected from a group of retained animals, the method comprising the following steps:

• entering a selected animal's identity into a computer;
• in response to entry of the animal's identity, providing through the computer the animal's health and drug treatment history to assist in diagnosing the condition of the identified animal;
• diagnosing the condition of the identified animal;
• entering the diagnosed condition into the computer;
• selecting a drug treatment having a withdrawal period which may be administered to the animal based at least in part on the animal's health and drug treatment history and the animal's diagnosed condition;
• entering the drug treatment into the computer;
• and
• providing through the computer withdrawal information for the drug treatment.

A method of providing drug treatment to selected individual animals which are removed from a group of retained animals to a drug treatment location for specific treatments by an operator, the method comprising:

• moving a selected individual animal to be treated to the drug treatment location;
• entering into a computer the animal's identity;
• in response to entry of the animal's identity, providing the animal's health and drug treatment history, if any, to assist the operator in making a diagnosis;
• diagnosing the condition of the animal to be treated;
• entering into the computer the diagnosed condition as an addition to the animal's health history, if any;
• providing a list at the drug treatment location of available drug treatments;
• evaluating the animal's health and drug treatment history and the animal's diagnosed condition and, based on such information, the operator's judgment, and the list of drug treatments, selecting a drug treatment for the animal;
• and
• following the selection of a drug treatment requiring a withdrawal period, performing one or more withdrawal period related calculations in the computer using data entered into the computer.

A method of providing drug treatment to animals which are selected from a group of retained animals, the method comprising the following steps:

• entering a selected animal's identity into a computer;
• diagnosing the condition of the identified animal;
• entering the diagnosed condition into the computer;
• selecting a drug treatment having a withdrawal period which may be administered to the animal based at least in part on the animal's diagnosed condition;
• entering the drug treatment into the computer;
• and
• providing through the computer withdrawal information for the drug treatment.