Animal Identification Methods

Question 1

Why do we identify animals?

Answer 1

-Correct procedure on the correct animal
-Indicate procedures done
-Lost pets can be returned
-Indicate breeding status

Question 2

What kind of identification can large animals/cattle have?

Answer 2

-Ear tags
-Kamar
-Crayons
-Paint
-Branding
-Ear Tattoos
-Number Tagging
-Collars
-Bells

Question 3

What does crayon and kamar signify?

Answer 3

The animal is in heat

Question 4

What does paint signify?

Answer 4

Has been bred

Question 5

What color ear tags signify what?

Answer 5

Orange- brucellosis vaccination
Silver- ID and use for TB test ID

Question 6

What kind of identification can horses have?

Answer 6

-Microchipping
-Lip Tattoos
-Branding

Question 7

What are the different kinds of branding?

Answer 7

-Hot branding
-Cold branding

Question 8

What kind of identification can swine have?

Answer 8

-Ear notching
-Ear tagging

Question 9

What kind of identification can lab animals have?

Answer 9

-Microchipping
-Tattooing
-Toe or tail clipping
-Ear punching

Question 10

What differs between ear clippings?

Answer 10

Location and number of holes

Question 11

What kind of identification can ferrets have?

Answer 11

-Microchip
-Tattoo

Question 12

Over what % of ferrets come from the same place?

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

Where do most of the U.S.’s ferrets come from?

Answer 13

Marshal Farms

Question 14

What does the ferret distributor do to their ferrets?

Answer 14

-Spay/Neuter
-Degland
-Tattoos 2 dots in the right ear

Question 15

What kinds of tags do small animals wear?

Answer 15

-Collar tags
-Rabies tag

Question 16

What is on a collar tag?

Answer 16

Owner’s contact info if the animal gets lost

Question 17

What is on the rabies tag?

Answer 17

Tag number and the vet who vaccinated

Question 18

Is the rabies tag legal documentation of the vaccine?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

What must be on the cage card for animals in cages/runs?

Answer 19

Patient name, owner’s name, procedures to be done, who their vet is, etc.

Question 20

What animals must have a cage card?

Answer 20

-Hospital patients
-Shelter animals
-Lab animals
-Breeding facility animals

Question 21

How much wiggle room should a neckband have?

Answer 21

2 fingers

Question 22

How do you put on a neckband?

Answer 22

Peel and stick

Question 23

Why do shelters/ fixing programs tattoo dogs and cats?

Answer 23

-Placed at spay incision to make it noticeable
-Signifies they’re fixed
-Identify individual animals with a number

Question 24

Who most often gets ear-clipped?

Answer 24

Feral cats

Question 25

Why should something get ear-clipped?

Answer 25

To see if it’s been fixed without handling the animal

Question 26

Describe what an ear clipping is

Answer 26

Distal 1/4” of the right ear is cut off

Question 27

What can also look like ear clipping?

Answer 27

-Frostbite
-Injury

Question 28

When should you ear clip something?

Answer 28

If they can be monitored closely to know if the clipping actually happened

Question 29

Microchipping Pros

Answer 29

-Can be done w/o anesthesia
-Can be read without restraining and shaving

Question 30

Microchipping Cons

Answer 30

-Expensive compared to tattooing
-Lack of a scanner
-Scanner not compatible
-Company not notified of a change of ownership
-May migrate

Question 31

Brands of microchips

Answer 31

-Avid
-Home again
-Bayer ResQ
-AKC Trovan

Question 32

Microchipping procedure

Answer 32

-Scanner is used to confirm no pre-existing chip
-Chip is injected subcutaneously between shoulder blades (scruff) using a large bore needle
-Chip is scanned again
-Registration paperwork completed and sent in