Identification

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Identification

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This is how farmers identify a particular animal on their farm.

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How do they know how to identify them?

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There are different ways sucks as Branding, Ear Tagging, Tattooing, Ear Noching.

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Branding

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This burns or freezes a mark on the animal.

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For Branding

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You have to have the animal eating or standing still to do this type this is typically done to cattle.

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Ear Tagging

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This is where the owner or professional attaches a plastic piece to the animals ear.

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Ear Tagging

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A farm owner can do this but professional is better off but you have to have special pliers to do this to any livestock animal.

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Tattooing

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This is done by a professional, this tattoos a number on the animal .

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Tattooing

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This number can be done in ears, lips, or in other locations, where ever the farmer owner would like.

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Ear Notching

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This is used to give an animal, usually swine, an litter number and a individual number.

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Ear Notching

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On the right ear has a number for each area of the ear the numbers are 1,3,81,9, and 27. The left ear have 1,3,9.