A
Quickly identifies animals
Promotes accurate records
Record of ownership
Disease control and tracking ability
Reasons for Idenftiication
-mainly used in swine
-litter number in the right ear, individual number notched in the left ear, the notches add up to give pig an ID number
Ear Notching
True
Ear tags can be customized to however the producer sees fit.
True
Exotic animals can be moved across state lines without animal health records.
False
−type of operation
−size of operation
−type of records desired
−application process
−visibility
−required equipment
−cost
Identification method selection
-plastic marker similar to an ear tag
-badge goes through wing at the elbow joint
Wing badges
Steps:
-heat iron rod
- restrain animal
-firmly press iron against hide for three to five seconds
-most common method of branding/least expensive
Hot Iron Branding
Most widely known and inexpensive identification method.
Branding
We only use microchips in small mammals like cats, dogs, ferrets, etc...
False
- goes under skins between the shoulder blades or near base of ear
-can be bolus forms ingested by ruminant animals
-can contain important relevant records
Microchips or Transponders
-commonly used in show sheep and cattle
-like fingerprints, each animal has a unique pattern
Nose printing
-imprints a number into the skin of the animal
-can be shapes, letters, or numbers
-inner ear for most animals, lips on horses
Tattooing
-pierce ear tag between the second and third cartilage rib of the ear
-tags come in variety of colors with different numbers
-tagging pliers
Ear tagging
-chill branding done with liquid nitrogen
-kills cells which produce color pigment in hair follicles
-Expensive
Freeze Branding
This method may be difficult to read depending on placement.
Tattooing
-used on chickens
-can be different colors, can be metal
Leg banding and spiral banding
-program designed by the USDA which refulates the dissemination of livestock diseases
ADT
Identification helps access what type of information quickly?
Animal Records
This identification method can be lost or ripped out.
Ear tags
Where on a horse do we tattoo for secondary ID?
Lips
Most animals have a primary and secondary source of identification?
-unique to the horse industry
-vet creating a line drawing of the horse viewed from different sides
-vet will include colors, scars, blemishes
Identification Certification
-livestock transported across state lines and some interstate travel, must be identified by a certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI)
What is a requirement of ADT?
This document shows an animal has been inspected by a vet.
CVI