Animal ID Systems Review

Identification Certification is unique to what industry?

• Horses
• Cattle
• Pigs
• Sheep

What two things are required for moving animals interstate?

• Official ID
• Interstate Veterinary Inspection
• Interstate Veterinary Inspection and Official ID
• Tattoos

What does ADT stand for?

Where are microchips Placed?

• Between the shoulder blades
• Base of Ear
• In the neck
• Between the shoulder blades and base of ear

When did the ID of animals begin?

• 1800's
• 1600's
• 1900's
• 1700's

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason to use an animal identification system?

• Improves management and mating decisions
• Helps determine growth rates
• Provides easy access to records for each animal
• Disregards consumer health

Which of the following is the primary reason the National Animal Identification Systems was developed?

• To improve management and mating decisions for livestock owners
• To provide a record of ownership to ranchers
• To aid breed associations in registrations
• To help producers and officials in the event of disease outbreak

In the numbering system 2, which of the following is branded above the birth year?

• Mother year
• Animal number
• Mother Number
• Animal weight

Ear tags are pierced between which of the following cartilage ribs of the ear?

• Third and fourth
• first and second
• second and third
• fourth and fifth

Ear tags, brands, microchips and tattoos are official identification required for animals to move in which of the following ways?

• Interstate
• Inner state
• Nationally
• Locally