Ear Tag Large for Cattles / Bovine
Tamper proof plastic material
An
ear tag is a plastic or metal object used for identification of
domestic livestock and other animals. If the ear tag uses Radio
Frequency Identification RFID technology, then it is often referred to
as an electronic ear tag. Electronic ear tags conform international
standards ISO 11784 and ISO 11785 working at 134,2 kHz, as well as
ISO/IEC 18000-6C operating in the UHF spectrum. There are other
non-standard systems such as Destron working at 125 kHz. Although there
are many shapes of ear tags, the main types in current use are as
follows:
- Flag-shaped ear tag: two discs joined through the ear, one or both bearing a wide, flat plastic surface on which identification details are written or printed in large, easily legible script.
- Button-shaped ear tag: two discs joined through the ear.
- Plastic clip ear tag: a moulded plastic strip, folded over the edge of the ear and joined through it.
- Metal ear tag: an aluminium, steel or brass rectangle with sharp points, clipped over the edge of the ear, with the identification stamped into it.
Each of these except the metal type may carry a RFID chip, which normally carries an electronic version of the same identification number