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Freeze-branding of young beef animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Norman Day ,
D. McEwan Jenkinson  and
J. Walker-Love
Norman Day
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, The West of Scotland Agricultural College, Ayr and Department of Physiology, Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
D. McEwan Jenkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, The West of Scotland Agricultural College, Ayr and Department of Physiology, Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
J. Walker-Love
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, The West of Scotland Agricultural College, Ayr and Department of Physiology, Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
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Summary

The effects of freeze-branding young beef animals using two coolants were investigated and an attempt was made to avoid hide damage.

1. Branding with irons cooled in liquid nitrogen gave good markings but resulted in severe hide damage.

2. CO2-branding caused much less hide damage but gave fewer legible brands.

3. Legible brands with both coolants always resulted in some marking of the hide.

4. Branding on the jaw provided a satisfactory means of identification without loss of hide value.

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Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1971 , pp. 93 - 99
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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