November 15, 2005
Smart-tek To Distribute RFID Technology For Fighting Bird Flu
Smart-tek has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with SES Investment (China) Ltd. to market and distribute its RFID tracking technology for the tracking and monitoring of birds for the possible spread of the avian influenza in China. [via China Tech News]
"Smart-tek's technologies will be able to prevent and/or deter poultry farmers and bird keepers from falsifying their records of the number of birds under their control, ownership and/or care.
In Asia, it has been reported that poultry farmers and bird keepers regularly and frequently falsify their records to prevent the culling of their livestock. The primary reason for falsifying their records or not disclosing cases of bird flu virus is normally the result of a lack of, or an inadequate amount of, compensation for the culling of their birds."
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