Animal Id Systems

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Provides easy access to records for each animal
Improves management and mating decisions
Occasionally Calculates age
Helps determine growth rates

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Accurate Record Keeping

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Quickly identifying animals
Promotes accurate record keeping
Providing a record of ownership

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Reasons for identification

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Helps prevent theft
Helps identify parentage verification
Aids breed associations in Registration
Can be useful in disease control and trace ability

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Record of ownership

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National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
Animals moving interstate
Interstate Certificate of veterinary Inspection

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Government Regulations

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Voluntary Government program developed to help producers and officials in the event of a disease outbreak

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National Animal Identifications Systems (NAIS)

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Hot iron branding, freeze brands, ear tags, microchips and transponders, electronic ear tags, electronic collars, tattoos, ear notching, neck chains, nose printing, retina scan, spiral bonds, wing badges, toe punching

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Types of identification Methods

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Should be a tan color and will result in a scar
Is the most common and recognized method
Is the most inexpensive method

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Hot iron Branding

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Heat Iron Rod
Restrain Animal
Firmly press iron against hide for 3-5 seconds

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Steps of Hot Iron Branding

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Kills cells which produce color pigment in hair follicles
Will create a scar and then hair will grow back either white in color or not at all
Involves the use of expensive equipment and materials

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Freeze Branding

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Chill Branding iron with liquid nitrogen
Restrain animal
Clip hair around brand site
Firmly press iron against hide for determined time

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Steps of Freeze branding

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Come in variety of colors and materials
Come with numbers on them
Are pierced through animals’ ear with pliers
Are flexible, weather proof, and inexpensive
Can be ripped from ear

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Ear tagging

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Restrain animal
Place each side of the ear tag on pliers
Pierce ear tag between the 2nd & 3rd cartilage rib of the ear

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Steps of Ear Tagging

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Are usually placed between the shoulder blades or near the base of the ear
Can be in the form of a bolus ingested by ruminant animals
Use an electronic number containing important, relevant records for the specific animal

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Microchips/Transponders

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Restrain animal

Implant microchip under the skin

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Steps of Microchipping/Transponders

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Equipment contain a microchip

Materials can be lost

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Electronic Ear tagging

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Restrain animal

Use pliers to tag the ear like a normal ear tag

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Steps of electronic ear tagging

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Equipment has an electronic tag attached
Devices are easy to use and apply
Devices can cause chocking if not adjusted properly

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Electronic collaring

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Restrain animal

Wrap around animal’s neck

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Steps of electronic collaring

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Imprints a number into the skin of the animal with permanent ink
Uses a device with needles arranged in shapes and letters
Is usually applied to the ear in most species
Can be difficult to read

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Tattooing

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Restrain animal
Apply ink to site
Pierce the skin with pliers

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Steps of Tattooing

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Is mainly used in the swine industry
Can be used in other species but isn’t commonly utilized
Should be conducted on piglets
Causes little pain and is inexpensive

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Ear Notching

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Restrain Animal
Disinfect device
Use device to cut V in the ear in the area coordinating with the number system

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Steps of Ear notching

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Materials have a tag with a number on it

Materials can get too tight or slip off if not adjusted correctly

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Neck Chaining

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Restrain Animal

Place around animal’s neck

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Steps of Neck chaining

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Most commonly used in sale and show of sheep and cattle
Is used because they are unique to each individual animal
Can be difficult to get a readable one

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Nose printing

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Put ink on nose

Use index card to transfer the ink on nose

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Steps for Nose Printing

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Uses a special camera
Used because the eye is unique to one another
Mainly used in exhibition and sale to identify each animal

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Retina Scanning

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Restrain animal
Place camera close to eye
Take photo

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Steps of Retina Scanning

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Circular and spiral patterns

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Whorls

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Is unique to the horse industry

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Identification Certification

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Vet creating a line drawing of the horse viewed from different sides
Vet will indicate characteristics including color, whorls, scars, and blemishes
Vet will determine parentage and blood type

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Steps of creating an identification certificate

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Provides proof of parentage and blood type

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DNA analysis

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Restrain animal
Pull hairs from animal or take nasal swab
Extract information for this

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Steps of DNA analysis

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Are used on chickens
Can be different colors
Can be metal

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Leg banding and Spiral banding

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Restrain animal

Wrap around poultry’s leg

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Steps of leg banding or spiral banding

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Use plastic markers similar to an ear tag

Are mainly used in chickens

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Wing Badges

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Restrain animal

Pierce through wing at the elbow joint

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Steps of wing badging

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Is used mainly on chickens, ducks, and sometimes turkeys

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Toe punching

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Restrain animal

Punch tiny holes into web

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Steps of toe-punching

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Type and size of operation, Type of records desired, application process, visibility, Required equipment, and cost

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Identification method selection