Extended field test on the use of visual ear tags and electronic boluses for the identification of different goat breeds in the United States

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2419-2427

  Carne S ^a   Gipson, T A ^b   Rovai, M ^b   Merkel, R C ^b   Caja, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ear tag; Electronic identification; Goat; Rumen bolus; Traceability; Transponder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GOATS; RUMEN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 67650556358     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1670     Document Type: Article

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