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Tagging requirements NLIS Breeder and Post-breeder tags must be attached to an animal's right (offside) ear.

It is recommended that the Electronic tag is placed in the animals left ear. These animals are identified by a single electronic batch tag, known as a slaughter tag, although you can use two identifiers as for fully EID identified animals if you want to.

Cattle Identification Methods Using a combination of letters and numbers, animals can be accurately and reliably tracked. For instance, the letter ?A? on a cattle ear tag could indicate the year, say 2015. So, ?A0001? would mean the first animal born in 2015. ?C0012? would mean the twelfth animal born in 2017, etc.

Cracking the EAR TAG Code On this farm, purple or pink ID tags are used for heifer calves, and blue for bull calves. The octagonal yellow tag is a fly repellent tag. On this beef feedlot, the cattle are tagged based on the results of an ultrasound.

Also, as mentioned above, heifers are tagged in the left ear and bulls in the right." "We tag heifers in yellow tags and steers with orange tags. We like to have different colors so it is easy to tell at a glance whether the calf is a heifer or steer.

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The first number represents the year of birth. The remaining numbers represent the individual animal's own number. With this system all calves born in 2010 or in the 2010 calf crop season would have numbers starting with 0 (i.e., 001, 002, 003, etc., or 0001, 0002, 0003, etc.).