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Cattle farm husbandry – cattle identification

Cattle, farming, husbandry, recording, identification, tags and tag placement, brands, tattoos, recording live weight By Dr Clive Dalton You cannot do any worthwhile breeding to improve herd performance unless all your animals have a unique identification. Apart from this, it’s now a legal requirement by the Animal Health Board (AHB) to have all your cattle … Read more

Sheep Farm Husbandry – sheep identification and recording

Sheep, husbandry, breeding, recording, identification, methods, tags, permanent & temporary identification, age marking, new methods, electronic tags, DNA profiling, check lists, practical tagging advice, in wet & dry weather, tagging lambs, recording live weight, sorting sheep into similar groups. By Dr Clive Dalton You cannot do any worthwhile breeding to improve flock performance unless all … Read more