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Originally, livestock branding only referred to hot branding large stock with a branding iron, though the term now includes alternative techniques. Other forms of livestock identification include freeze branding, inner lip or ear tattoos, earmarking, ear tagging, and radio-frequency identification (RFID), which is tagging with a microchip implant.
A Brand Book published by the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. A Brand Book records all livestock brands registered with an organization. In the U.S. most states have branding laws that require brands to be registered before use.
Cattle being earmarked and electrically branded An earmarked donkey. An earmark is a cut or mark in the ear of livestock animals such as cattle, deer, pigs, goats, camels or sheep, made to show ownership, year of birth or sex. The term dates to the 16th century in England. [1]
The Iowa Animal Industry Bureau is the governmental agency in the state of Iowa, United States, that regulates livestock health and livestock identification. [1] Administratively it is under the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and its director is the State Veterinarian. The bureau also administratively supports the Iowa ...
This act forms the basis of the current COOL requirements. On December 18, 2015, Congress repealed the original COOL law for beef and pork, as a part of the omnibus budget bill [ 3 ] because of a series of WTO rulings that prohibited labels based on country of origin on some products.
A feral horse captured by the Bureau of Land Management and freeze branded using the alpha-angle system.From left to right the brand says the horse is registered to the federal government, was born in the year 2000 and carries the registration number 012790, indicating that it was branded at a BLM facility in Oregon.
The branding iron consisted of an iron rod with a simple symbol or mark which was heated in a fire. After the branding iron turned red-hot, the cowhand pressed the branding iron against the hide of the cow. The unique brand meant that cattle owned by multiple owners could then graze freely together on the commons or open range.
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