Animal Science I: Identification Systems

Name the ID system shown in this picture

• Tattooing

• Ear Tagging

• Branding

• Angle Branding

The livestock identification system which uses a metal instrument to burn or freeze a mark on the animals:

• Branding
• Ear Notching
• Tagging
• Tattooing

A permanent, simple and relatively painless identification system that can be used for many types of animals is:

• Docking
• Ear Notching
• Neck Chains
• Tattooing

The identification system used to number pigs by cutting out little "V"’s on their ears is

• Ear notching
• Ear tagging
• Docking
• Eat tattooing

The notches in a pig’s right ear indicate the animal’s:

• Age
• Individual Number
• Litter Number
• Weight

The notches in a pig's left ear indicate the animal's

• Birth date
• Individual Number
• Litter number
• Parents

The original use of permanent identification of livestock was to

• Cull because of age
• Show ownership
• Keep breeding records
• Keep performance records

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Name the tool

• Elastrator

• Tattooer

• Branding Iron

• V Notcher