Why do pigs need ear tags and what are their functions

What is the significance of Pig Ear Tags? Pig ear tags are used as the identification of pigs, which is convenient for the whole quarantine follow-up from breeding to slaughtering and sales. A category of intelligent electronic label classification, mainly used in animal husbandry, a kind of animal electronic label in the breeding industry. It is used on pig ears in the domestic pig breeding industry, which is easy to fix and disassemble, so it is also called pig ear tags. The pig ear tag consists of two parts, the main tag and the auxiliary tag.

In view of the fact that the country is vigorously promoting the information management of pig breeding and the traceability management of pork and other foods. Pig ear tags, as the front-end individual in the entire management system - the best means of recording and collecting pig breeding information, will definitely be adopted on a large scale. The country can track and monitor the entire process of animals from birth→slaughter→sales→consumers→final consumption through the identification function of electronic ear tags.

1. Conducive to animal disease control

Electronic ear tags can manage the ear number of each animal and its variety, source, production performance, immune status, health status, animal owner and other information together, and can be tracked (traceable) in the event of an epidemic situation or problems with the quality of animal products Its source, distinguish responsibility, and plug loopholes, so as to realize the scientific and institutionalization of animal husbandry and improve the level of animal husbandry management.

2. Conducive to safe production

Electronic ear tags are an excellent Tool for comprehensive and clear identification and detailed management of a large number of livestock. Through electronic ear tags, breeding enterprises can discover hidden dangers in time and take corresponding control measures quickly to ensure safe production.

3. Improve the management level of the farm

In livestock and poultry management, the identification of individual animals (pigs) is realized in the form of easy-to-manage ear tags, and the unique identification of individuals is realized by assigning ear tags with unique codes to each animal (pig), which is used in pig farms The ear tag mainly records data such as farm number, pig house number, and pig individual number. After each pig is marked with an ear tag in the pig farm to realize the unique identification of the pig, the material management, immunization management, disease management, death management, weighing management, and medication management of the pig individual can be realized by reading and writing through the handheld computer , slaughter records and other daily information management.

4. It is convenient for the country to supervise the safety of livestock products

The electronic ear tag code of a pig is carried for life. Through this electronic code, it can be traced back to the pig’s production site, purchase site, slaughterhouse, and the supermarket where the pork is sold. If it is sold to a cooked food processing vendor , There will be records at the end. Such a marking function is conducive to cracking down on a series of participants who sell sick and dead pork, supervising the safety of domestic livestock products, and ensuring that the public can eat healthy pork.