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Abstract

An identification record for an animal (human, livestock, game, companion/pets, etc.) is created by gathering/collecting biometric information (such as, extracting information from an image acquired of the retinal vasculature of the animal of interest) and pairing it with geographic data received. A biometric measurement results in information such as audio data, visual data, a description of the animal, birth date, death date, cause of death, genetic breeding data, production data, veterinary/medical records, data pertaining to a vaccination event, feed formulas, feedlot locations, border crossings, shipping data, data pertaining to current ownership and transfers in interest, livestock or range animal purchase information, a code or other designation assigned to the animal (whether digitally encrypted), a photo, image, or other graphic record of one or more features of the animal, microchip implant data implanted (for example, tagging, insertion, embedding, impressing, and injection), and so on. If the biometric measurement is an acquired image, the process can further include: digitizing the image; determining if useful/satisfactory; storing; and analyzing for unique anatomical landmarks. The image and data extracted therefrom to create an identification record may be stored in a database for retrieval and comparison against other identification records to identify the animal. The receiver is adapted to `stamp` the image (or other information) with time, date, general time of day (a.m., p.m.) and/or location as part of the identification record.

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