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animal identification
- Subject Category
- L Animal Science and Animal Products
- Definition
- Procedures for recognizing individual animals and certain identifiable characteristics pertaining to them; includes computerized methods, ear tags, etc.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings 2014
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9056.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9056
- Used For
- animal identification systems
- identification of animals
- marking of animals
- USE FOR And Type
- electronic animal identification
- Broader Term
- Animal Science and Animal Products
- Narrower Term
- animal branding
- bird banding
- tattooing
- Related Term
- animal husbandry
- ear tags
- injectable transponders
- radio frequency identification
- transponders
- Spanish
- identificación de animales
- Term Number
- 9056