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

A system for assisting an operator in selecting a drug treatment for animals selected from a group of retained animals, comprising:

• (a) a data entry device entering into a computer animal identification and selected drug treatment information for an identified animal;
• (b) a compter providing health and drug treatment history for the identified animal, a list of drug treatments available for the animal, one or more of the drug treatments requiring a withdrawal period, and withdrawal information for a selected drug treatment as to when or whether the animal may be released;
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• (c) a data output device in communication with the computer and providing, in response to entry of an animal identification into the data entry device, an identified animal's health and drug treatment history and, in response to entry of a selected drug treatment requiring a withdrawal period, the withdrawal information.

A system for providing health and drug treatment histories for animals selected from a group of retained animals, comprising:

• means at an animal treatment location for communicating data about animals between an operator at the location and a computer;
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• a computer communicable with the communicating means and programmed for:
• storing health and drug treatment history of animals to be treated and a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods;
• in response to entry of an animal's identity into the computer through the communicating means, providing to the operator at the animal treatment location the animal's health and drug treatment history;
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• in response to entry of a selected drug treatment for the animal into the communicating means, providing to the operator at the animal treatment location a weight-dependent dosage and drug withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period.

A system for assisting an operator to select a drug treatment for animals which are selected from a group of retained animals for treatment at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a computer for storing health and drug treatment histories of animals to be treated;
• a data entry device for entering into the computer the identity of an animal to be treated at the drug treatment location;
• a data output device at the drug treatment location in communication with the computer;
• the computer being operable in response to entry of the animal's identity, to provide through the data output device at the drug treatment location in the animal's health and drug treatment history, the history including prior diagnoses and drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a diagnosis into the computer;
• the computer being operable to store the diagnosis in the computer as an addition to the animal's health history;
• the computer storing a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods and being operable to provide through the data output device to an operator at the drug treatment location a list of available drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enable entry of a selected drug treatment into the computer by the operator from the list of available drug treatments;
• the computer being operable after entry of a selected drug treatment, to provide to the operator at the drug treatment location through the data output device drug withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period;
• the computer being operable to store an administered drug treatment as an addition to the animal's drug treatment history in response to entry of the administered drug treatment through the data entry device.

A system for assisting an operator to select a drug treatment for animals that are selected from a group of retained animals for treatment at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a computer for storing health and drug treatment histories of animals to be treated;
• a data entry device for entering into the computer the identity of an animal to be treated at the drug treatment location;
• a data output device at the drug treatment location in communication with the computer;
• the computer being operable in response to entry of the animal's identity, to provide through the computer at the drug treatment location the animal's health and drug treatment history, the history including prior diagnoses and drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a diagnosis into the computer;
• the computer being operable to store the diagnosis in the computer as an addition to the animal's health history;
• the computer storing a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods and being operable to provide to an operator at the drug treatment location through the data output device a list of available drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter the selected drug treatment into the computer;
• in response to entry of the selected drug treatment, the computer being operable to alert an operator with drug withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period;
• the computer being operable to store the administered drug treatment entered through the data entry device as an addition to the animal's drug treatment history.

A system for assisting an operator to select a drug treatment for animals which are selected from a group of retained animals for treatment at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a computer storing health and drug treatment histories of animals to be treated;
• a data entry device for entering into the computer the identity of an animal to be treated at the drug treatment location;
• a data output device at the drug treatment location in communication with the computer;
• the computer being operable in response to entry of the animal's identity, to provide through the computer and data output device at the drug treatment location the animal's health and drug treatment history, the history including prior diagnoses and drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a diagnosis into the computer;
• the computer being operable to store the entered diagnosis as an addition to the animal's health history;
• the computer storing a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods;
• the computer being operable to provide to an operator at the drug treatment location through the data output device a list of available drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a selected drug treatment into the computer;
• in response to entry of a selected drug treatment, the computer being operable to provide to the operator at the drug treatment location through the data output device withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period;
• the computer being operable to store the selected drug treatment in the computer as an addition to the animal's drug treatment history after entry of the treatment through the data entry device;
• the computer being operable to provide through the data output device to an operator at the drug treatment location drug withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period.

A system for assisting an operator to provide drug treatment to a group of animals at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a data entry device for entering into a computer the identity of animals in the group to be treated;
• a computer storing a list of available drug processing orders and their drug withdrawal periods as well as an inventory of available drugs;
• a data output device providing through the computer to an operator a list of available processing orders;
• the data entry device being operable to select a drug processing order for the animals from the list of processing orders;
• the computer being operable to store an entered and administered processing order as an addition to each animal's drug treatment history;
• the computer being operable following administration and entry of the selected processing order and prior to shipment;
• to provide to an operator withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period;
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• the computer further being operable to decrease the inventory of available drugs stored in the computer by the quantity of drugs used in administering the processing order.

A system for assisting an operator to provide drug treatment to animals which are selected from a group of retained animals for treatment at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a computer for storing health and drug treatment histories of animals to be treated, and an inventory of drugs available for use in drug treatment;
• a data entry device for entering electronically into the computer the identity of an animal to be treated at the drug treatment location;
• a data output device operable in response to entry of an animal's identity, to provide through the computer at the drug treatment location the animal's health and drug treatment history, the history including prior diagnoses and drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a diagnosis into the computer;
• the computer being operable to store the entered diagnosis in the computer as an addition to the animal’s health history;
• the computer storing a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods;
• the computer being operable to provide through the data output device to an operator at the drug treatment location a list of available drug treatments;
• the data entry device being operable to enter a selected drug treatment into the computer;
• following entry of a selected drug treatment, the computer being operable to provide through the data output device to the operator at the drug treatment location drug withdrawal information that includes or is derived from a drug withdrawal period;
• the data entry device being operable to enter into the computer a selected drug treatment, and the computer being operable to store the selected drug treatment as an addition to the animal's drug treatment history;
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• the computer being operable to decrease the stored drug inventory in the computer by the quantity of the drugs used in the selected and administered drug treatment.

A system for assisting an operator in providing drug treatment to animals at a drug treatment location, the system comprising:

• a data entry device for entering electronically into a computer the identity of animals in the group to be treated;
• a computer storing a list of available processing orders and their drug withdrawal periods;
• a data output device for providing through the computer to an operator a list of available processing orders;
• the data entry device including means for entering a selected processing order into the computer;
• the computer storing an administered processing order as an addition to each animal's drug treatment history;
• the computer decreasing inventory of drugs by the quantity of drugs in the administered processing order;
• the computer storing health and drug treatment histories of animals to be treated;
• the data entry device being operable to enter electronically into the computer the identity of an animal to be treated individually at the drug treatment location;
• following entry of the individual animal's identity, the computer being operable to provide through the data output device at the drug treatment location the animal's health and drug treatment history, the history including prior diagnoses and drug treatments;
• the data entry device including means for entering a diagnosis into the computer;
• the computer storing an entered diagnosis of the animal to be treated as an addition to the animal's health history;
• the computer storing a list of available drug treatments and their drug withdrawal periods;
• the computer being operable to provide through the data output device to an operator at the drug treatment location a list of available drug treatments;
• the data entry device including means for entering a selected drug treatment into the computer;
• the data entry device including means for entering an animal's weight and, following entry of the selected drug treatment, the computer being operable to provide to the operator through the data output device at the drug treatment location a weight-dependent dosage;
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• the computer storing an administered drug treatment entered in the computer as an addition to the animal's drug treatment history.