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NALT Core

Animals, Livestock, One Health
animal identification

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
animal identification

Preferred term

animal identification

Type

Topic

Definition

Procedures for recognizing individual animals and certain identifiable characteristics pertaining to them; includes computerized methods, ear tags, etc.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

radio frequency identification

Related concepts

animal husbandry

Synonyms

animal identification systems
identification of animals
marking of animals

In other languages

identificación de animales

Spanish
animales, identificación
marcado de animales

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9056

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