What type of livestock recording schemes and data processing may be available?
Livestock recording schemes usually have the goal to provide farmers with information about individual animals for management and for breeding purposes. The objective could also be phrased to provide an information system about the livestock, their use, performance and development, by both farmers and national authorities. The available infrastructure, including physical and human resources, will determine the type of recording scheme that can be effectively implemented. The sort of scheme offered will differ considerably depending on the farming structure and production system. Early stages of development require simple solutions to be sustainable. With time and experience, the schemes may be made more sophisticated. It is better to start recording in a few cooperating herds that can be handled well, rather than running a scheme on a wide scale without the possibility to supervise the scheme efficiently. In any new recording scheme efforts should be made to incorporate, where possible
