prefixes and tattoo marks

[Jan E. Irving]

Hello

 

Val asked me to clarify this topic for you - here is the gist of what I said to one group member not long ago - tidied up, so hopefully it helps you

 

 

but, note, PAIRS does not grant/issue prefixes or tattoo marks as a breed registry would, and PAIRS will accept prefixes/tattoo marks from breed registries, so if you have been using these elsewhere, that will be fine for PAIRS;  the owner details should differentiate duplication but you could (to avoid irritating the other party expand you prefix / tattoo mark)

 

 

 

to id a goat for registration purposes it has been traditional for the tattoos to be a) a property or breeder's herd mark - which is called the TATTOO MARK, traditionally this appears in a goat's right ear so when the tattoos are read from in front you are reading right to left. For many decades people used basically three letters or digits, in more recent times it has been easier to select a unique tattoo mark by using 4 digits and or letters, and that is no problem as the tattoo pliers generally have 4 spaces

 

if you choose a three or four letter prefix/stud name, you can of course easily used that as your tattoo mark (Mum does, Brac/BRAC)

 

b) in the other ear is the individual serial number for the goat, no goat should ever have a duplicate number with another goat that bears the same tattoo mark

 

the tattoo mark mark is a defacto surname, the serial number the defacto name

 

If goats you have 'brought in' are not tattooed, they need to be tattooed for registration (tattoos being an accepted form of permanent identification)

 

if the breeder has no known tattoo mark, I suggest using their postcode - also, you will be able easily enough to make that up from your set of numbers (I assume you had the good sense to get two sets of numbers for numbers like 33, 55, 99, etc!)

 

so, the tattoo / property mark / code in the right ear, and 1 in the left ear is fine (personally 01 or 001 may be better - if the tattoo ends up faint then it is easier to 'locate' and decipher 2 or 3 digits rather than one digit)

 

 

Tags, now, that is government controlled, as I assume you are talking NLIS - http://www.mla.com.au/TopicHierarchy/IndustryPrograms/NationalLivestockIdentificationSystem/default.htm

 

if you are just using tags for yourself - yes, some tags come pre-numbered, and there used to be the option with no numbers & a marker to add yours; I used to engrave the tags with the tag number and use a permanent marker in the engraved part to make it readable (I used one of those cheap engravers, but Dremel etc have heads that would work)

 

 

now that should get you all chatting away merrily :-)

 

cheers

Jan

 

 

 

 

btw, I have reset Google group settings, those stray 'delightful' emails should be even scarcer now as all new members first posts are now moderated

[cinz]

Hi Jan,
Thanks for that email about the tattooing etc. Appreciate it very
muchly!!! Oh yes, and thanks for ditching those "lovely" other emails.
Great, now I can get on with this tattooing biz. Regards Cindy

On Nov 19, 11:07 am, "Jan E. Irving" <j...@erinrac.com> wrote:
> Hello
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> Val asked me to clarify this topic for you - here is the gist of what I said to one group member not long ago - tidied up, so hopefully it helps you
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> but, note, PAIRS does not grant/issue prefixes or tattoo marks as a breed registry would, and PAIRS will accept prefixes/tattoo marks from breed registries, so if you have been using these elsewhere, that will be fine for PAIRS;  the owner details should differentiate duplication but you could (to avoid irritating the other party expand you prefix / tattoo mark)
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> to id a goat for registration purposes it has been traditional for the tattoos to be a) a property or breeder's herd mark - which is called the TATTOO MARK, traditionally this appears in a goat's right ear so when the tattoos are read from in front you are reading right to left. For many decades people used basically three letters or digits, in more recent times it has been easier to select a unique tattoo mark by using 4 digits and or letters, and that is no problem as the tattoo pliers generally have 4 spaces
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> if you choose a three or four letter prefix/stud name, you can of course easily used that as your tattoo mark (Mum does, Brac/BRAC)
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> b) in the other ear is the individual serial number for the goat, no goat should ever have a duplicate number with another goat that bears the same tattoo mark
>
>  
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> the tattoo mark mark is a defacto surname, the serial number the defacto name
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>  
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> If goats you have 'brought in' are not tattooed, they need to be tattooed for registration (tattoos being an accepted form of permanent identification)
>
>  
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> if the breeder has no known tattoo mark, I suggest using their postcode - also, you will be able easily enough to make that up from your set of numbers (I assume you had the good sense to get two sets of numbers for numbers like 33, 55, 99, etc!)
>
>  
>
> so, the tattoo / property mark / code in the right ear, and 1 in the left ear is fine (personally 01 or 001 may be better - if the tattoo ends up faint then it is easier to 'locate' and decipher 2 or 3 digits rather than one digit)
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> Tags, now, that is government controlled, as I assume you are talking NLIS -http://www.mla.com.au/TopicHierarchy/IndustryPrograms/NationalLivestockIdentificationSystem/default.htm