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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 96-334-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 756; Beef; Electronic identification; Identification system
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Efficacy Of Electronic Identification In Beef Cattle, A.R. Spell, S.D. Utter, L.R. Corah
Efficacy Of Electronic Identification In Beef Cattle, A.R. Spell, S.D. Utter, L.R. Corah
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
To evaluate the potential of using electronic implants (transponders) for maintaining identity from birth to slaughter, calves born and implanted in Montana were followed through the feedlot phase to their ultimate slaughter at commercial packing plants. At spring branding, 138 calves were implanted with electronic identification transponders positioned underneath the scutiform cartilage at the base of the ear. Four steers died prior to weaning. After weaning, 109 steers were transported to a commercial feedlot i n Kansas (group 1) and the remaining 25 steers (group 2) were maintained at the Montana ranch for 1 year and then placed in a …