ear-tags
Herd tracking clips
Ear-tags are plastic or metal markers clipped or punched through an animal's ear for identification.
Livestock ear-tags typically display numbers, barcodes, or ownership information: The rancher checked the ear-tags on his cattle.
Wildlife researchers use ear-tags to track individual animals across populations.
As a verb, to ear-tag is to attach such a marker.
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
poultry · bovine · ovine · caprine · porcine · herd · flock · pasture
Undomesticated natural organisms
- migrationMovement to new territory
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
endangered · species · GPS · transmitters · telemetry · movement · population · monitoring
Wireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- numberingAssigning sequential figures
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
barcode · visual · color-coded · tamper-proof · serialized · readable · unique · permanent
Tool for applying substances
- pliersHinged metal gripping tool
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- insertionPlacing something within
- placementPutting somewhere specific
attachment · installation · replacement · retention · positioning · hygiene · disinfection · restraint
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
hogs · poultry · bovine · ovine · caprine · porcine · herd · flock · pasture · ranch
wildlife
Undomesticated natural organisms
- migrationMovement to new territory
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
ecology · endangered · species · GPS · transmitters · telemetry · movement · population · monitoring · recapture
RFID
Wireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- numberingAssigning sequential figures
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- scanningSystematic visual examination
microchip · barcode · visual · color-coded · tamper-proof · serialized · readable · unique · permanent · traceability
applicator
Tool for applying substances
placement · attachment · installation · replacement · retention · positioning · hygiene · disinfection · restraint