An animal transportation and tracking system for efficiently tracking and tracing
livestock during transportation thereof. The inventive device includes a frame
attached to a truck, a ramp attached to the frame that is extendable from the frame,
a computer, a primary transceiver in communication with the computer, an animal
transponder in communication with the primary transceiver, a secondary transceiver
in communication with the computer, and a position localizer in communication with
the secondary transceiver.