[Ag-eq] Animal Identification

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Zac:

would something like a bar code scanner work?

Can you walk up to most of the animals or does it need to be something that is
done from a distance?

Do they have ear tags and if so can something be done to the tags?

I just have 5 goats, all of which are like dogs so catching them and identifying
them is easy.  They all feel different and I can easily tell them apart, but
your situation is much different.

I will be very interested in what you come up with.

Nella
Quoting Zach Mason via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hello all,
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> I was wondering if anyone had some experience with low or high tech animal
> identification systems. My farm has approximately 200 head dairy cattle,
> (adults and replacements), a 20 head beef herd, and a 20-30 head sheep
> flock. One of my challenges has been that I've never been able to identify
> animals for treatments, even though over the years I've proven one of the
> better laborers at spotting things.
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> I know with radio frequency identification tags you can get information to
> be sent to a smart phone, but there's more than one system out there and I
> wondered if someone was using one. Other suggestions, perhaps less high tech
> would be welcome too.
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> Zac
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> Zachary Mason
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> Assistant Shepherd and Young Stock Manager
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> Northwinds Farm
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