1. An apparatus comprising: an interrogator for reading a tag affixed to a live animal, wherein the tag includes animal identification data; a smart animal chute comprising an isolation unit, wherein the smart animal chute is for automatically obtaining measured data from the animal; a subscriber unit comprising first machine executable instructions stored on a first computer readable medium, wherein the first machine executable instructions enable the subscriber unit for: receiving the measured data from the smart animal chute; and receiving the identification data from the interrogator; a centralized server comprising second machine executable instructions stored on second computer readable medium, wherein the second machine executable instructions enable the centralized server for: storing and maintaining a product data card in memory for the animal; receiving the measured data and identification data sent from the subscriber unit; and adding the measured data to the product data card based at least in part on the identification data.