Practical Unit 4 Identification methods of farm animals and poultry.pptx
1. IDENTIFICATION METHODS OF
FARM ANIMALS AND POULTRY
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University
4. Branding
Destroys the hair follicles.
Time of application – 3 to 5 seconds.
Hot Iron Branding
Iron number modules
Iron branding Cattle Identification
5. Iron/Copper branders and Liquid nitrogen/dry ice and alcohol.
Cool the branding irons in liquid N.
For 30 sec to 1 minute.
Freeze Branding
Freeze branding
Cattle Identification
Liquid Nitrogen
6. Making “V” shaped notches on the ear.
Ear notching
Ear notching
Notched pigs
7. Tying to leg or wing.
Leg band
Leg band
Wing band Band
8. Electronic chips
Radio frequency identification method (RFID)
Scanner and chip
Electronic chip to neck
13. Culling of egg laying birds
Mottling in hen – Good layer
14. Layer Non-Layer
Start mottling late during first year Starts mottling early
Even lays eggs during mottling Do not lays eggs during mottling
Shed 2 or more primaries together Shed only 1 primary at once (Interval of 2
weeks)
Process of mottling completes in 1 to 2 months
period
Completes in 6 months period
Late and Fast mottling – Good
Early and Slow - Bad