FIRE^® System Design 

FIRE offers user-friendly technology for test animals and researchers

Each FIRE single-space feeder serves about 12 to 15 animals without measurable feed restriction. They have free access to the trough at all times. Refilling and feed weighing never interrupt eating as with other testing systems. The FIRE feed trough, made of durable Osborne RTM-Glas™ fibreglass, is suspended on a sensitive load cell that weighs the trough and feed. The trough mount and load cell are protected by an isolation mechanism and a sturdy enclosure that houses a highly accurate feed dispensing system. FIRE automatically stores the time and duration of each visit, along with the weight of feed consumed. This information can then be transferred to your computer and used to generate management reports or studied in relation to environmental, genetic, and nutritional variables.

Track Each Animal’s Development 

Each animal is automatically identified whenever it enters a FIRE Feeder by an electronic radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tag. The ear tag allows FIRE to assign all measurements to a record for each animal. Any RFID ear tag that conforms to the international ISO FDX-B standard for livestock identification and that has a range that can be read by the FIRE antenna will work. We can provide a variety of ear tags that meet these criteria.
 

FIRE Testing Accurately Simulates Commercial Production 

The FIRE System makes individual performance testing of animals kept in groups feasible and cost effective. Older, manual methods of testing animals in artificial, isolated environments may yield results that are not accurate for real-world conditions. But testing in a group environment with FIRE faithfully simulates actual commercial production practice. Studies by our staff and independent analysts have shown that FIRE results accurately reflect the performance found in commercial feeding. 

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