Readability of visual and electronic leg tags versus rumen boluses and electronic ear tags for the permanent identification of dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5157-5166

  Carne S ^a   Caja, G ^a   Rojas Olivares, M A ^a   Salama, A A K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electronic identification; Goat; Leg tag; Transponder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; EAR; ELECTRONICS; EVALUATION; GOAT; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; EAR; ELECTRONICS; GOATS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 78649346111     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3188     Document Type: Article

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