1. Livestock Identification

2. Match up the ID tags to its name
A. Chalk Raddle
B. Spray marker
C. Electronic tag
D. Brass tag
E. Ear notch marking
F. Strip tag
G. One piece tag
H. Animal health tag (TB)
I. Branding

3. Reasons for Identifying Livestock
Traceability – being able to traced livestock from paddock to plate
Know when an animal has been mated
TB control – identifying TB free cattle
Dairy cow milking performance
Gender – can tell quickly sex of lambs
Maintain breeding genetics – all dairy cows on National Database

4. Mating in herds or flocks
Chalk raddles are worn by the ram and mark ewes when mating
Dairy farmers artificially inseminate cows and use a spray marker on the top of the tail

5. Dairy Cow Identification
Electronic ear tags
Contains a computer chip which holds cows personalised national identity number
Scanner at entrance to dairy shed reads tag records info on cow