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Upgraded Tri-Merit Version 2.5 Offers Added Convenience and Ease-of-Use
Leading cattle data management system provides new features for producers and veterinarians
Kansas City, MO (August 27, 2007) – Global Animal Management (GAM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schering-Plough Animal Health, today announced that a new version of its online data management system, TRI-MERIT, is now available. TRI-MERIT Version 2.5 has been designed to be even easier for producers and facilitators to use. It also features a number of enhancements over the original version including the ability for producers to purchase tags online and populate the numbers into their records as well as to copy processes such as health histories from one operation to another. The availability of the upgrade was announced at the National Institute of Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) ID INFO EXPO in Kansas City, Mo.
"Just as the animal identification landscape continues to evolve, Global Animal Management continues to look for ways to upgrade our system to bring veterinarians, auction markets, distributors, dealers, beef and dairy producers the most progressive and user-friendly tools to participate in value-added programs such as age and source verification, as well as, prepare for future industry initiatives such as Country of Origin Labeling or National Animal ID." said Jim Heinle, president of GAM.
"TRI-MERIT was one of the first approved process verified program (PVP) for age and source," Heinle noted. "Version 2.5 now offers customers additional resources with thorough and complete reminders for PVP corrective actions, which includes notifications at 30, 60 and 85 days."
To find out more about TRI-MERIT Version 2.5 call 1-800-235-9824 or visit www.tri-merit.com.
About TRI-MERIT Version 2.5
The upgraded version offers:
- Ability to purchase tags online
- Pre-population of purchased Electronic Identification (EID) numbers
- Ability to be National Animal Identification System (NAIS) compliant
- Ability to set a session operation – saves time and unnecessary screen viewing
- Ability to copy and paste health history and vaccination protocols to different operations within the system
- Convenient repetitive date population functionality within "health history"
- Better utilization of space on certificates (over double the animals per page)
- Refer a client functionality saves time and paperwork for veterinarians to enroll clients
- Refer a friend functionality saves time and paperwork for producers
- Thorough and complete reminders for Process Verified Program (PVP) corrective actions (warnings at 30, 60 and 85 days)
- Ability for users to reset their own password
- Enhanced paging capability which saves time online
About Schering-Plough Animal Health
Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation is the worldwide animal health business of Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) of Kenilworth, N.J. Schering-Plough is a global science-based health care company with leading prescription, consumer and animal health products. Through internal research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies to meet important medical needs. Schering-Plough's vision is to earn the trust of the physicians, patients and customers served by its more than 33,500 people around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its Web site is schering-plough.com.
