Where to install ear tag ?

How to place on applicator correctly

As it was mentioned in previous article, ear tag has a very important roll on animal identification and all information include pedigree, diseases and treatments, reproduction events, etc have been written or registered on management software based on the number we dedicate to animals.

The importance of tagging in farms where don’t use tattoo or number on skin and for small animals like sheep and goat are more. So except of legibility of written, laser printed or engraved digits on tag, durability of tag on ear is very important too.

Below items has effect on durability of tag on ear:

• Species of animal
• Type and material of ear tag
• Place of tagging on ear
• Production in stall, pasture, etc
• Herd management
• Using the applicator correctly
  

In below pictures, the best place for tagging in some animals have been shown