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Animal Identification Systems Animal Science I

Identification Systems Branding cattle Ear Tagging goats Ear Notching swine Tattooing rabbits

Branding Used mainly for cattle Two types Freeze Branding Hot Iron Branding Uses a metal instrument to burn or freeze a mark on the animal’s hide Originally used to show ownership

Angle Brand System

What would be the number of this animal? Angle Brand System Answer: 95 What would be the number of this animal?

What would be the number of this animal? Angle Brand System Answer: 140 What would be the number of this animal?

What would be the angle brand of this animal? Angle Brand System 120 Answer: What would be the angle brand of this animal?

Ear Tagging Use special pliers to attach pieces with numbers on them Easy to read from the front view Not permanent Can be lost or removed

Ear Tagging

Tattooing Uses a special tool to put inked numbers in an animal’s skin Most commonly found in the ear Can be used on the lips or other locations Permanent Simple and relatively painless Hard to read from a distance

Tatooing

Tatooing

Ear Notching- Swine Why Notch? Universal Swine Identification system Tags will come off in the feed pen

Ear Notching- Swine

Ear Notching- Swine Individual Number Litter Number

What would be the litter number and individual number of this animal? Ear Notching Quiz What would be the litter number and individual number of this animal?

Ear Notching Answer The right (litter) ear is equal to 9+3+3+1=16 The left (pig) ear is equal to 3 This is the 16-3 pig